[Smt-talk] F SHARP MAJOR

[Ildar Khannanov]

Dear Devin and the List,

considering these interesting choices, made by different composers from different places and periods, it makes sense to talk about semantics of a key, beyond simple color associations. F sharp minor must have meant something to all these composers. How to express this semantic equivalent is another question, though.

Best wishes,

Ildar Khannanov
Peabody Conservatory, Johns Hopkins University
solfeggio7 at yahoo.com
On Tuesday, May 20, 2014 6:51 AM, Devin Chaloux <devin.chaloux at gmail.com> wrote:
  


I have a few personal favorites that are from less traditional, but still common-practice sources:

Edward MacDowell's "To A Water Lily" from Woodland Sketches, Op. 51/6 (one of my favorite in this set, free MP3 on IMSLP) 
Louis Moreau Gottschalk's "The Banjo"
A couple from Grieg's Op. 43 Lyric Suites: "In My Homeland" Op. 43/3 and "To Spring" Op. 43/6
Opening of George Whitfield Chadwick's tone poem "Aphrodite" (bearing an uncanny resemblance to the prelude of Tristan und Isolde...which is also strange because there have been some who have said the same about Melpomene too [see Bomberger]) 
Cesar Franck's Piano Trio Op. 1/1 (first movement is in F# minor with a very significant section in F# major, finale is in F# major)

Best,

Devin Chaloux 
Indiana University
Ph.D. in Music Theory (enrolled)
University of Cincinnati - College-Conservatory of Music 
M.M. in Music Theory '12 
University of Connecticut 
B.M. in Music Theory '10 


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