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The list of symphonies in F-sharp major includes: Symphony in F-sharp major, Op. 40 by Erich Wolfgang Korngold, (1951-2) Symphony No. 10 by Gustav Mahler [1] (sketched between 1910-1, completed by Deryck Cooke and published in 1967) Turangalîla-Symphonie by Olivier Messiaen [2] (1946-8)(arguably, since the advanced harmonic language doesn’t ...
Although the enharmonic key of A-flat major is preferred because A-flat major has only four flats as opposed to G-sharp major's eight sharps (including the F), G-sharp major appears as a secondary key area in several works in sharp keys, most notably in the Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp major from Johann Sebastian Bach's The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1.
Some keys (such as C ♯ major with seven sharps) may be written as an enharmonically equivalent key (D ♭ major with five flats in this case). In rare cases, the sharp keys may be extended further, G ♯ → D ♯ → A ♯ → E ♯ → B ♯ → F → C, requiring double sharps in the key signature: F, C, G, D, A, E, B.
In the key of C major, these would be: D minor, E minor, F major, G major, A minor, and C minor. Despite being three sharps or flats away from the original key in the circle of fifths, parallel keys are also considered as closely related keys as the tonal center is the same, and this makes this key have an affinity with the original key.
G major: 1 sharp 16 G minor: 2 flats 17 A♭ major: 4 flats 18 Either G# minor: 5 sharps Alkan wrote a piece in A♭ minor, and Brahms a fugue in this key, but most composers have preferred G# minor. or A♭ minor: 7 flats 19 A major: 3 sharps 20 A minor: No sharps or flats 21 B♭ major: 2 flats 22 Either B♭ minor: 5 flats
The minuet from the Piano Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 44 ("The Farewell") by Jan Ladislav Dussek is in G-sharp minor. Frédéric Chopin composed a Polonaise in G-sharp minor , Op. posth., in 1822. His Étude Op. 25 No. 6 , the first mazurka from his Op. 33 and his 12th prelude from the 24 Preludes, Op. 28 , are in G-sharp minor as well.
Enharmonic scale [segment] on C. [1] [2] Play ⓘ [2] Note that in this depiction C ♯ and D ♭ are distinct rather than equivalent as in modern notation. Enharmonic scale on C. [ 3 ] In music theory, an enharmonic scale is a very ancient Greek musical scale which contains four notes tuned to approximately quarter tone pitches, bracketed (as ...
Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp major, BWV 872, is a keyboard composition written by Johann Sebastian Bach. It is the third prelude and fugue in the second book of The Well-Tempered Clavier , a series of 48 preludes and fugues in every major and minor key.