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Author: Bob Phillips
Date: 2006-12-03 15:28
What determines the key signature of the second movement of a concerto? It seems conventional to use the same key sig for the outer movements and to change the second movement.
Does the convention apply to both major and minor compositions? If the first and third movements are in major keys, should the center movement be in minor? If the outer movements are minor, should the 2nd movement be in a minor key, too?
thanks
Bob Phillips
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Author: GBK
Date: 2006-12-03 18:50
In the Classical period (1750- early 1800's), although there are exceptions, generally in the second movement of a concerto, there were three specifications that usually occured:
1. It was written in a slower tempo.
2. It was in a contrasting key (usually the subdominant or dominant), in relation to the whole work.
3. It was more lyrical than the other concerto movements.
...GBK
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Author: Mark G. Simon
Date: 2006-12-04 14:47
There are no "rules" regarding choice of keys. It is possible, though, to note a strong tendency to write the slow movement in a related key such as dominant, subdominant, relative minor or relative major. Sometimes a composer pursued distant key relationships. Beethoven's 3rd piano concerto, in C minor, has a slow movement in E major!
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