D-flat minor
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D-flat minor is a theoretical key based on the musical note D♭. Its key signature has eight flats.[1]
Because it has so many flats, D♭ minor is usually written as its enharmonic equivalent of C♯ minor. For example, Mahler's thematic motif "der kleine Appell" ("call to order") from his Fourth and Fifth Symphonies is written in D♭ minor in Symphony No.4, but in his Symphony No. 5 it is in C♯ minor. In the Adagio of his Symphony No. 9 a solo bassoon theme appears first in D♭ minor, but comes back two more times notated in C♯ minor. The Adagio of Bruckner's Symphony No. 8, also has phrases that are tonally in D♭ minor but written as C♯ minor.[2][3][4][5]
References
- ↑ Thomas Busby. A dictionary of three thousand musical terms (1840). London: D'Almaine and Co.. p. 55.
- ↑ Ernst Levy. A Theory of Harmony (1985)SUNY Press. p. 62. ISBN 0873959930.
- ↑ James L. Zychowicz. Mahler's Fourth Symphony (2005)Oxford University Press. p. 28. ISBN 0198162065.
- ↑ Eero Tarasti. Musical Semiotics in Growth (1996)Indiana University Press. p. 14–15. ISBN 0253329493.
- ↑ Theodor W. Adorno. Mahler: A Musical Physiognomy (1992)University of Chicago Press. p. 165–166. ISBN 0226007693.