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==Classical music in this key==

{{see also|List of symphonies in C-sharp minor}}

There are only two known symphonies in the 18th century written in this key. One of them is by [[Joseph Martin Kraus]], who appears to have found the key difficult since he later rewrote it in [[C minor]]. In the following two centuries, C-sharp minor symphonies remained rare. Notable examples are the second movement Adagio of [[Anton Bruckner|Bruckner]]'s [[Symphony No. 7 (Bruckner)|Symphony No. 7]], the first movement of [[Gustav Mahler|Mahler]]'s [[Symphony No. 5 (Mahler)|Symphony No. 5]]<ref>Constantin Floros, translated by Vernon Wicker: ''Gustav Mahler: The Symphonies'' (Portland, Oregon: Amadeus Press, 1985) p. 141 "the choice of key of the movements (C-sharp minor – A minor – D major – F major – D major);" - however, Mahler did not apply any key to the 5th symphony as a whole</ref> and [[Sergei Prokofiev|Prokofiev]]'s [[Symphony No. 7 (Prokofiev)|Symphony No. 7]].

This key occurs more often in piano literature from the 18th century onwards. [[Domenico Scarlatti]] wrote just two keyboard sonatas in C-sharp minor, K. 246 and K. 247. After [[Ludwig van Beethoven|Beethoven]]'s [[Piano Sonata No. 14 (Beethoven)|Piano Sonata No. 14]] (''Moonlight Sonata''), the key became more frequent in the piano repertoire. Beethoven himself used this key again in the outer movements of his [[String Quartet No. 14 (Beethoven)|String Quartet No. 14]] (Op. 131, 1826). Even so, [[Johannes Brahms]] still felt the need to rewrite his C-sharp minor piano quartet in C minor, which was published as [[Piano Quartet No. 3 (Brahms)|Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor, Op. 60]].{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}

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[[Charles-Valentin Alkan|Alkan]] composed the second movement (Adagio) for [[Concerto for Solo Piano (Alkan)|Concerto for Solo Piano]] in C-sharp minor.

[[Frédéric Chopin]] often wrote in this key: examples include the [[Fantaisie-Impromptu]], [[Étude|Études]] [[Étude Op. 10, No. 4 (Chopin)|Op. 10, No. 4]] and [[Étude Op. 25, No. 7 (Chopin)|Op. 25, No. 7]], [[Scherzo No. 3 (Chopin)|Scherzo No.&nbsp; 3 (Op.&nbsp; 39)]], [[Waltz in C-sharp minor, Op. 64, No. 2 (Chopin)|Waltz Op. 64, No. 2]], [[Polonaises, Op. 26 (Chopin)|Polonaise Op. 26 No. 1]] and Nocturnes [[Nocturnes, Op. 27 (Chopin)|No. 7 (Op. 27, No. 1)]] and [[Nocturne in C-sharp minor, Op. posth. (Chopin)|No. 20 (''Lento con gran espressione'')]]. More examples of works in C-sharp minor include [[Sergei Rachmaninoff|Rachmaninoff's]] [[Prelude in C-sharp minor (Rachmaninoff)|Prelude in C-sharp minor (Op. 3, No. 2)]], [[Alexander Scriabin|Scriabin's]] [[Étude in C-sharp minor, Op. 2, No. 1 (Scriabin)]], [[Franz Liszt|Franz Liszt's]] [[Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2]], and [[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky|Tchaikovsky's]] [[Piano Sonata in C-sharp minor (Tchaikovsky)|Piano Sonata in C-sharp minor]].

Piano concertos written in C-sharp minor include [[Erich Wolfgang Korngold]]'s [[Piano Concerto for the Left Hand (Korngold)|Piano Concerto for the Left Hand]], Op. 17, [[Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov]]'s [[Piano Concerto (Rimsky-Korsakov)|Piano Concerto]], and others by [[Ferdinand Ries]], [[Xaver Scharwenka]], [[Amy Beach]], [[Miriam Hyde]] and [[Issay Dobrowen]]. [[Dmitri Shostakovich]]'s [[Violin Concerto No. 2 (Shostakovich)|Violin Concerto No. 2]] is in C-sharp minor.