How long did it take Beethoven to write moonlight sonata?

How long do you think it took Beethoven to write his Moonlight sonata? All three movements and the famous 1st? Or is it known how long it took?

I think that your question is a good one, but unanswerable. You might find an answer in Beethoven's letters, which I believe you may find available on Gutenberg. The only instance where a time frame was noted by a composer, that I know of, is how Handel boasted that he wrote in a fort-night or about 2 weeks! I hope this helped..EDIT: Beethoven did not name this particular sonate "moonlight" as it was just another sonate to him. Someone else named it that which would make a good research question in itself. Many discriptive "titles" were given to his music by others through out time by musicologists.

Beethoven-Moonlight Sonata (Mvt. 1)

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