[Smt-talk] Pieces contrary to the minor/major = sad/non-sad stereotype

[Leslie Kinton]

Re: [Smt-talk] Pieces contrary to the minor/major = sad/non-sad stereotypeBeethoven op. 57, 2nd movement.  Brahms op. 118 # 2, though "nostalgic and regretful" might better describe it than sad.


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Leslie Kinton, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Piano Performance
Don Wright Faculty of Music
University of Western Ontario
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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Dave Headlam 
  To: Randolph Johnson ; smt-talk at societymusictheory.org 
  Sent: Friday, October 02, 2009 5:42 AM
  Subject: Re: [Smt-talk] Pieces contrary to the minor/major = sad/non-sad stereotype


  Hi.  Not exactly in the major mode, but nothing sadder than that big old C major triad when Wozzeck gives his hard-earned pay to Marie in Berg's opera - Act I, sc ii. Mm. 116-123 -- (mmmm, 123!)  after noticing her earrings, which she got from the Drum Major, but which she claims she found . . .

  Dave Headlam


  On 10/1/09 12:45 PM, "Randolph Johnson" <randolph.johnson at gmail.com> wrote:


    I'm interested in identifying pieces that are contrary to the
    minor = sad stereotype.  For example, no one would consider
    Mozart's "Rondo Alla Turca" to be "sad" even though it is
    (mostly) in the minor mode.  At the same time, the aria
    "He Was Despised" in Handel's Messiah is very sad, but
    in the major mode.

    Any suggestions about other works that go contrary to
    the stereotype? I'm especially interested in nominally "sad" works
    in the major mode and "non-sad" works in the minor mode.

    Thanks for your suggestions.

    Randolph Johnson
    randolph.johnson at gmail.com


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