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Lush and Romantic D-Flat

D-flat Major, with its key signature of five flats, is not the easiest for string players especially, but there’s something about it that piano players can sink their teeth (and fingers) into. Some of the most memorable, lush, and romantic music has used D-flat (even when the entire piece is technically in another key.) Here’s a sampling of some of those memorable themes.

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Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1
Chopin: “Raindrop” Prelude
Khachaturian: Adagio from Spartacus
Debussy: Clair de Lune
Beethoven: “Piano Sonata No. 23, Appassionata” mvt. 2
Faure: Cantique de Jean Racine
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 1
Mahler: Symphony No. 9, mvt. 4
Bruckner: Symphony No. 8, mvt. 3
Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini (variation 18)

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Jeffrey Freymann

Published on 05.11.2018

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