<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=iso-8859-1"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">Dear Collegues, <div><br></div><div>May I add to this learned list the chorus "Va pensiero" from Giuseppe Verdi's <i>Nabucco</i>?</div><div><div><br></div><div>(I am always amused by the way theorists always choose to ignore opera. However, Va pensiero is a little bit more popular than Korngold's Symphony, isn't it? But it doesn't count...it's just opera). </div><div><br></div><div>Giorgio Sanguinetti</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>Il giorno 19/mag/2014, alle ore 15:34, Huron, David <<a href="mailto:huron.1@osu.edu">huron.1@osu.edu</a>> ha scritto:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">The "cheaters" way to identify lots of pieces in F-sharp major is to<br>use Themefinder (<a href="http://themefinder.org">themefinder.org</a>). It displays a purported 139 matches<br>for themes in F-sharp major, starting with Albéniz, Aubert, Barber, Bach, etc.<br><br>To be sure, these are THEMES rather than WORKS, but if you limit yourself<br>to first themes, these are mostly correct, but the results are mixed with a<br>lot of spurious matches as well.<br><br>David Huron<br>School of Music<br>Ohio State University<br><br>________________________________________<br>From: Smt-talk [<a href="mailto:smt-talk-bounces@lists.societymusictheory.org">smt-talk-bounces@lists.societymusictheory.org</a>] on behalf of <a href="mailto:auerbach@music.umass.edu">auerbach@music.umass.edu</a> [<a href="mailto:auerbach@music.umass.edu">auerbach@music.umass.edu</a>]<br>Sent: Monday, May 19, 2014 4:59 AM<br>To: <a href="mailto:smt-talk@societymusictheory.org">smt-talk@societymusictheory.org</a><br>Subject: [Smt-talk] Pieces in F-sharp major<br><br>Some low-lying fruit:<br><br>Beethoven's Op. 78, the Sonata "a Therése" (a little gem of a work)<br><br>Liszt's Waltz Oubliée No. 1<br><br><br>Of course, the challenge becomes tougher if you restrict it to<br>orchestral repertoire. Haydn's Farewell Symphony has a minuet movement<br>in F-sharp major, but that doesn't quite count. Korngold's only<br>symphony is also written in this key.<br><br><br>-----------------------------------<br>Brent Auerbach<br>Department of Music and Dance<br>University of Massachusetts Amherst<br>_______________________________________________<br>Smt-talk mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Smt-talk@lists.societymusictheory.org">Smt-talk@lists.societymusictheory.org</a><br>http://lists.societymusictheory.org/listinfo.cgi/smt-talk-societymusictheory.org<br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Smt-talk mailing list<br>Smt-talk@lists.societymusictheory.org<br>http://lists.societymusictheory.org/listinfo.cgi/smt-talk-societymusictheory.org<br></blockquote></div><br><div apple-content-edited="true">
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