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[Music History] I'm new to appreciating classical music and I read that the name 'Moonlight Sonata' was bestowed by a critic, not Beethoven. Apparently this name is (was?) controversial. Why and when did we start naming discrete pieces of music?

by /u/Caracalla81 in /r/AskHistorians

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