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It is astonishing that again and again keys are wrongly indicated. Thus a multicoloured potpourri of tonality occurs in lists of works on CD covers and of course also the internet. One particular reason for this is the similarity between the English words minor and major and their inevitable accidental transposition. To avoid going to the trouble of announcing errors from this confusion or simply by being unable to discern the correct key we end up with a cabinet of horrors full of incorrect information. |
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Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) |
Prelude and fugue in A flat minor, BWV 863
Correction: G sharp minor |
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Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) |
Sonata No. 24 in C sharp major for piano, op. 78
Correction: F sharp major |
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Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) |
Waltz no. 15 for piano, op. 39 in A sharp minor
Correction: A flat major |
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Theodore Chanler (1902-1961) |
"Be very quiet now" in C-sharp major
Eight epitaphs: for voice and piano Correction: F-sharp major |
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Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849) |
Prelude No. 21 in C flat major for piano, op. 28
Correction: B flat major |
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Scherzo No. 3 in C sharp major for piano, op. 39
Correction: C sharp minor |
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Waltz in a flat minor for piano, op. 42
Correction: A flat major |
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Mazurka No. 3 in C sharp major for piano, op. 50
Correction: C sharp minor |
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Impromptu No. 3 in C flat major for piano, op. 51
Correction: G flat major |
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Mazurka No. 3 in C sharp major for piano, op. 63
Correction: C sharp minor |
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Fantasie-Impromptu in C sharp major for piano, op. 66
Correction: C sharp minor |
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Nocturne in C sharp major for piano, op. posthum
Correction: C sharp minor |
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Polonaise in C flat major for piano, op. posthum
Correction: G sharp minor |
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Paul Dessau (1894-1979) |
Fantasietta in C sharp for piano
Correction: Central tone C sharp, but no key. |
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Ernst von Dohnányi (1877-1960) |
Rhapsody No. 2 in A flat minor
Four Rhapsodies op. 11 Correction: F sharp minor |
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Antonin Dvorák (1841-1904) |
Humoresque in C flat major op. 101 No. 7
Correction: G flat major |
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Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) |
Nocturne No. 7 op. 74 in C sharp major for piano
Correction: C sharp minor |
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Nocturne No. 8 op. 84 in C flat major for piano
Correction: D flat major |
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Arthur Honegger (1892-1955) |
Epilogue in C-sharp major from Symphony Liturgique
Correction: C-sharp minor |
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Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778-1837) |
II Andante in A-flat minor
Trumpet Concerto Correction: A minor (Source) |
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Leos Janácek (1854-1928) |
Organ solo in A-flat minor
from the Glagolitic Mass Correction: No key |
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Franz Liszt (1811-1886) |
Love dream No. 3 in A flat minor
Correction: A flat major |
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Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C sharp major
Correction: C sharp minor |
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Edward MacDowell (1860-1908) |
Concert-Etude in C-sharp major for piano, op. 36
Correction: F-sharp major |
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Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) |
Symphony No. 5 in C sharp major
Correction: C sharp minor |
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Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-1847) |
Lieder ohne Worte op. 62 No. 1 in C flat major
Correction: G major |
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) |
Romance in A flat minor KV ext. 205
Correction: A flat major |
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Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757) |
Sonata in C sharp major, K247
Correction: C sharp minor |
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Franz Schubert (1797-1828) |
Impromptu No. 1 in C flat major for piano, op. 90
Correction: C minor |
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Impromptu No. 4 in A flat minor for piano, op. 90
Correction: A flat major |
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Alexandr Skrjabin (1872-1915) |
Prelude No. 17 in A flat minor for piano, op. 11
Correction: A flat major |
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Sonata No. 2 op. 19 for piano in A flat minor
Correction: G sharp minor |
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Etude No. 3 in C sharp major for piano op. 65
Correction: atonal, no key signature |
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Bedrich Smetana (1824-1884) |
Rising Passion (Vznikajici vasen) in C flat major for piano, op. 1 No. 2
Correction: C minor |
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Pjotr Tschaikowsky (1840-1893) |
Un poco die Chopin in A flat minor for piano, op. 72 No. 15
Correction: C sharp minor |
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