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color:#1F497D'>Ennio Morricone: <i>The Good, the Bad and the Ugly</i>.
The fast and exciting cues (“Main Title,” “The Ecstasy of Gold,”
and “The Trio”) are in minor (either Aeolian or Dorian or a little
of each). The sad cues (“The Story of A Soldier” and “The
Death of a Soldier”) are in major. He used a mixture of D Aeolian
and D Dorian for the main title for the three films in the “dollar”
trilogy (<i>A Fistful of Dollars</i>, <i>For a Few Dollars More</i>, and <i>The
Good, the Bad and the Ugly</i>). Many of these themes use a six-note
scale, an otherwise diatonic scale with the 6<sup>th</sup> degree missing, the
pitch that distinguished Aeolian from Dorian (D, E, F, G, A, C).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'> Department of Music, The University of Texas at El Paso.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> smt-talk-bounces@societymusictheory.org
[mailto:smt-talk-bounces@societymusictheory.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Randolph
Johnson<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, October 01, 2009 10:46 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> smt-talk@societymusictheory.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Smt-talk] Pieces contrary to the minor/major =
sad/non-sadstereotype<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>I'm interested in identifying pieces that are contrary to
the<br>
minor = sad stereotype. For example, no one would consider<br>
Mozart's "Rondo Alla Turca" to be "sad" even though it is<br>
(mostly) in the minor mode. At the same time, the aria<br>
"He Was Despised" in Handel's Messiah is very sad, but<br>
in the major mode.<br>
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Any suggestions about other works that go contrary to<br>
the stereotype? I'm especially interested in nominally "sad" works<br>
in the major mode and "non-sad" works in the minor mode.<br>
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Thanks for your suggestions.<br>
<br>
Randolph Johnson<br>
<a href="mailto:randolph.johnson@gmail.com">randolph.johnson@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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