<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Another unhappy, major-mode work: "Danny Boy."<div><br></div><div>Best wishes, </div><div>Jill</div><div><br><div><div>On Oct1, 2009, at 12:45 PM, Randolph Johnson wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">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><br>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><br>Thanks for your suggestions.<br><br>Randolph Johnson<br><a href="mailto:randolph.johnson@gmail.com">randolph.johnson@gmail.com</a><br> _______________________________________________<br>Smt-talk mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Smt-talk@societymusictheory.org">Smt-talk@societymusictheory.org</a><br>http://lists.societymusictheory.org/listinfo.cgi/smt-talk-societymusictheory.org<br></blockquote></div></div><br><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "><div>****************************************<br>J. T. Brasky, Ph.D.<br><a href="http://jbrasky.arts.usf.edu">http://jbrasky.arts.usf.edu</a><br><br>Assistant Professor of Music Theory<br>University of South Florida<br>4202 E. Fowler Ave.<br>Tampa, FL 33620</div><div><br></div><div>813–974–8721 (fax)<br><a href="mailto:jbrasky@arts.usf.edu">jbrasky@arts.usf.edu</a><br></div><div><br></div></span></div></div></div></body></html>