[Smt-talk] F-sharp major

[Ildar Khannanov]

Dear Mark and the List,

please, add, Pourquoi me reveiller,  from Werther.

The harp accompaniment, arpeggiation of F-sharp minor triad, is superb!

Best,

Ildar Khannanov
Peabody Institute, Johns Hopkins University
solfeggio7 at yahoo.com

On Monday, May 19, 2014 10:56 PM, Mark Ansoncartwright <Mark.Ansoncartwright at qc.cuny.edu> wrote:
  


 
Dear all, 
 
I would like to mention two F#-major passages that I often hear as related, though I am almost sure the resemblances are coincidental. 
 
(1) Verdi, Othello, Act 4, Desdemona's Willow Song. See the opening orchestral passage in particular. 
 
(2) Brahms, Op. 118, No. 2 Intermezzo in A major. See the B section, just after the internal repeat signs. 
 
Besides the melodic similarity, both passages make prominent use of the mediant chord to harmonize E#. 
 
 
Mark Anson-Cartwright 
Queens College and Graduate Center, CUNY   
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