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> "For example, from the formal Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 14 to the popular byname of Moonlight Sonata, or in multiple languages, such as Mondschein Sonata i
by EntrePrescott 4y ago
> "For example, from the formal Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 14 to the popular byname of Moonlight Sonata, or in multiple languages, such as Mondschein Sonata in German."
"Mondschein Sonata"? WTF Apple? Not only is that factually wrong, but… that's not even German - neither as a whole, nor the "Sonata" nor the space (Deppenleerzeichen). Maybe Apple should ask someone else than Siri or a marketing intern to write texts with factual claims outside of their fields. The actual popular German sobriquet for that Sonata is "Mondscheinsonate". As for "Sonata", that's part of the (Italian) title of its first published edition: "Sonata quasi una Fantasia".
- anecdotal1 4y agoApple didn't write this, the company they bought this app from did
- HeavyFeather 4y agoSo Apple wrote this. Worse yet, their specialists in classical music wrote this. The page is littered with Apple logos and it lives on a .Apple TLD, no need to be an apologist for 2.5 trillion dollar company.
- d35007 4y agoI mean, there’s also no need to freak the fuck out over a minor issue in German text on a predominantly English page. Ok, so “Mondschein Sonata” isn’t exactly the same as “mondscheinsonate”, but it’s damn close and it gets the point across: Some works have different names in different languages. Guess what happens when I search Apple Classical for “mondscheinsonate”. In fact, don’t guess. Try it.