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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.

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 [[Beethoven]]'s ''Moonlight Sonata'', the key became more frequent in the piano repertoire. This is the key used in the first part of [[Liszt]]'s famous Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2.

==Well Known Songs In This Key==

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

*'''[[Moonlight Sonata]]''' -[[Ludwig van Beethoven]]

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

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