C-sharp minor: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 19:43, 6 September 2006

Revision as of 12:29, 11 September 2006

Line 19:

Changes needed for the melodic and harmonic versions of the scale are written in with accidentals as necessary.

There are only two known symphonies in the 18th Century written in this key. One of them is by [[Joseph Martin Kraus]], but he appears to have found the key difficult since he later rewrote it in [[C minor]]. Even in the following two centuries C-sharp minor symphonies remained rare. Two notable examples are [[Gustav Mahler|Mahler]]'s [[Symphony No. 5 (Mahler)|Symphony No. 5]] and [[Sergei Prokofiev|Prokofiev]]'s [[Symphony No. 7 (Prokofiev)|Symphony No. 7]]. [[Shostakovich]]'s [[Violin Concerto No. 2 (Shostakovich)|Violin Concerto No. 2]] is also in C-sharp minor.

This key occurs more often in piano literature, however, from the 18th Century onwards. [[Domenico Scarlatti]] wrote just two keyboard sonatas in C-sharp minor, K. 246 and K. 247. But after [[Ludwig van Beethoven|Beethoven]]'s ''[[Piano Sonata No. 14 (Beethoven)|Moonlight Sonata]]'', the key became more frequent in the piano repertoire.

Line 25:

Interestingly, [[Joseph Haydn|Haydn]] didn't write any works in C-sharp minor and Mozart only wrote one.

==WellC-sharp known songsminor in thisClassical keyMusic==

*''[[Ludwig van Beethoven]] - [[Piano Sonata No. 14 (Beethoven)|Moonlight Sonata]]'' - [[Ludwig van Beethoven]]

*[[Franz Liszt]] - Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2

*''[[Sergei Rachmaninoff]] - [[Prelude in C-sharp minor (Rachmaninoff)|Prelude in C-sharp minor]]'', Op. 3 No. 2 - [[Sergei Rachmaninoff]]

*[[Gustav Mahler]] - [[Symphony No. 5 (Mahler)|Symphony No. 5]]

*[[Sergei Prokofiev]] - [[Symphony No. 7 (Prokofiev)|Symphony No. 7]]

==C-sharp minor in Pop Music==

*''[[All Along the Watchtower]]'' - [[Bob Dylan]]

*''[[Barbie Girl]]'' - [[Aqua]]

*''[[California Dreamin']]'' - [[The Mamas and the Papas]]

*''Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2'' - [[Franz Liszt]]

*''[[Oops I Did It Again]]'' - [[Britney Spears]]

*''[[Crush]]'' - [[Jennifer Paige]]

Line 36 ⟶ 42:

*''[[La Isla Bonita]]'' - [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]]

* Echoes - [[Pink Floyd]]

*''[[Piano Sonata No. 14 (Beethoven)|Moonlight Sonata]]'' - [[Ludwig van Beethoven]]

*''[[Have A Nice Day]]'' - [[Bon Jovi]]

*''[[Message in a Bottle (song)|Message in a Bottle]]'' - [[The Police]]

*''[[All That She Wants]]'' - [[Ace of Base]]

*''[[Prelude in C-sharp minor (Rachmaninoff)|Prelude in C-sharp minor]]'' Op. 3 No. 2 - [[Sergei Rachmaninoff]]

*''[[Round Round]]'' - [[Sugababes]]

*''[[Too Lost In You]]'' - [[Sugababes]]