[Smt-talk] Fwd: G Flat Major List Status Report

[Donna Doyle]

Monk might've known. My two cents: "Round Midnight"'s Ebm is the darkest key, with Barber's Bbm running second. On the keyboard, black-key pieces are simply more comfortable (e. g., Joplin's Maple Leaf in AbM/DbM). As for strings and brass, multi-flat/sharp keys, lacking open, non-stopped tones, produce muted colors, which create a mellow affect. This emotional affect is then transferred to keyboard pieces.  

Donna Doyle

Adjunct Assistant Professor
Aaron Copeland School of Music
Queens College
Flushing, New York 11367

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> From: Stephen Jablonsky <jablonsky at optimum.net>
> Date: June 10, 2014 at 8:07:12 PM EDT
> To: Donna Doyle <donnadoyle at att.net>
> Subject: Re: [Smt-talk] G Flat Major List Status Report
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> That’s the $64 question: Why would someone write a piece in G flat major? Do all those flats put you in a wistful mood? Perhaps there is something especially romantic about 6 flats.
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> Dr. Stephen Jablonsky, Ph.D.
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>> On Jun 10, 2014, at 2:43 PM, Donna Doyle <donnadoyle at att.net> wrote:
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>> Question: Why are almost half of these pieces in a mellow mood?
>> 
>> Donna Doyle
>> 
>> Queens College, CUNY
>> Flushing NY 11367
>> 
>>> On Jun 10, 2014, at 9:19 AM, Stephen Jablonsky <jablonsky at optimum.net> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Here is the updated list of instrumental works in G flat major. Future contributions are always welcome. This little exercise has been most enjoyable because I got to know a whole bunch of delightful pieces and learned juts how rare is music in this special key with 6 flats.
>>> 
>>> Albeniz	Piano Sonata No. 5, Op. 82
>>> Balakirev	Mazurka No. 4
>>> Beach	"Dreaming," Op. 15, No. 3 (Four Sketches)
>>> Borodin	Petite Suite for piano, No.7 (Nocturne)
>>> Bowen	Romance No. 1, Op. 35, No. 2
>>> Bruckner	String Quartet in F major, III (Adagio)
>>> Cadman	Romance for Harp
>>> Chopin	Contredanse (1827), B.17
>>> Chopin	Etude, Op. 10, No. 5
>>> Chopin	Etude, Op. 25, No. 9
>>> Chopin	Impromptu, Op. 51
>>> Chopin	Polonaise, B. 36 (post.)
>>> Chopin	Waltz Op. 70, No. 1
>>> Debussy	La fille aux cheveux de lin, Preludes Book I
>>> Debussy	Premiere Rhapsodie for Clarinet
>>> Dvorak	Humoresque, Opus 101, No. 7
>>> Dvorak	Piano Quartet in E-flat major, II
>>> Ewald	Brass Quintet, Op. 5, II
>>> Faure	Barcarolle No. 3
>>> Fischer	Pensativa (jazz standard)
>>> Henselt	Wiegenlied, Op. 45
>>> Janacek	Pohádka: A Tale for cello and piano
>>> Karg-Elert	Arabesque No. 1, Op. 5, "Filigran"
>>> Kaski	Prelude, Op. 7
>>> Liszt	Soirées de Vienne, No. 5
>>> Martucci	Notturno, Opus. 70, No. 1
>>> Martucci	Romanza for Piano, Op. 33, No. 3
>>> Paderewski	Melodie, Op. 16, No. 2
>>> Paderewski	Sonata, Op. 21, II
>>> Rachmaninoff	Prelude, Op. 23, No.10
>>> Ravel	Introduction et Allegro
>>> Ravel	String Quartet, III
>>> Respighi	Nocturne for piano (1904)
>>> Schubert	Impromptu No. 3, Op. 90
>>> Schütt	Romance, Op. 21, No. 1
>>> Scriabin	Prelude, Op. 16, No. 3
>>> Saint-Saëns/Godowsky	The Swan
>>> Szymanowski	Etude, Op. 4, No. 2
>>> Szymanowski	Mazurka, Op. 50, No. 1
>>> Tchaikovsky	Capriccio, Op. 8
>>> 
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