<P> Many critics have objected to the subjective, romantic nature of the title "Moonlight", which has at times been called "a misleading approach to a movement with almost the character of a funeral march" and "absurd". Other critics have approved of the sobriquet, finding it evocative or in line with their own interpretation of the work . Gramophone founder Compton Mackenzie found the title "harmless", remarking that "it is silly for austere critics to work themselves up into a state of almost hysterical rage with poor Rellstab", and adding, "what these austere critics fail to grasp is that unless the general public had responded to the suggestion of moonlight in this music Rellstab's remark would long ago have been forgotten ." </P> <P> Although no direct testimony exists as to the specific reasons why Beethoven decided to title both the Op. 27 works as Sonata quasi una fantasia, it may be significant that the layout of the present work does not follow the traditional movement arrangement in the Classical period of fast--slow--(fast)--fast . Instead, the sonata possesses an end - weighted trajectory, with the rapid music held off until the third movement . In his analysis, German critic Paul Bekker states: "The opening sonata - allegro movement gave the work a definite character from the beginning...which succeeding movements could supplement but not change . Beethoven rebelled against this determinative quality in the first movement . He wanted a prelude, an introduction, not a proposition ." </P> <P> The sonata consists of three movements: </P> <Ol> <Li> Adagio sostenuto </Li> <Li> Allegretto </Li> <Li> Presto agitato </Li> </Ol>

How many movements are in the moonlight sonata