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overture is also in E major. Another notable composition by the latter in E major is
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wrote a keyboard concerto and a keyboard sonata in E major.
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410:wrote several concertos for one and two horns.
206:, which makes that key less convenient to use.
428:wrote a sonata for horn and piano in E major.
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313:used this key for the "Spring" concerto from
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440:used E major for two of his piano sonatas,
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637:being one of very few examples (see
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404:, K. 494a, is likewise in E major.
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360:'s 106 symphonies are in E major:
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505:in E major, Op. 16, and so did
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122:, consisting of the pitches E,
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606:Op. 22 in the key of E major.
560:is in E major, as well as the
461:, several works in the key of
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798:List of symphonies in E major
658:Two symphonies that begin in
639:list of symphonies in E major
545:, the middle movement of the
384:String Quintet, Op. 11, No. 5
331:third partita for solo violin
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618:Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart
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769:Grandes Ă©tudes de Paganini
457:Starting with Beethoven's
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1302:Compositions in E major
662:and end in E major are
616:in E major, and so did
518:The second movement of
390:Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
353:in the first movement.
240:chords of E major are:
221:download the audio file
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610:Charles-Valentin Alkan
584:Nocturne, Op. 62 No. 2
209:The E major scale is:
898:
757:The vast majority of
543:String Quartet D. 353
489:Johann Nepomuk Hummel
329:, as well as for his
323:Johann Sebastian Bach
840:at Wikimedia Commons
604:Serenade for Strings
572:First Piano Concerto
513:Václav Jindřich Veit
483:Piano Concerto No. 2
459:Piano Concerto No. 3
438:Ludwig van Beethoven
817:Bruckner Symphonies
786:Suite No. 1, Op. 46
754:66, is in E major.
707:Dmitri Shostakovich
691:Sergei Rachmaninoff
580:Étude Op. 10, No. 3
551:Die schöne Müllerin
479:Sergei Rachmaninoff
475:Piano Quartet No. 3
426:Nikolaus von Krufft
420:Joseph Martin Kraus
325:used E major for a
232:Scale degree chords
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649:Alexander Scriabin
402:horn and orchestra
341:(A) correspond to
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594:Moritz Moszkowski
558:Felix Mendelssohn
547:Arpeggione Sonata
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432:Josef MysliveÄŤek
398:Piano Trio No. 4
380:Luigi Boccherini
316:The Four Seasons
306:Music in E major
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509:in his Op. 41.
507:Ignaz Moscheles
467:Johannes Brahms
408:Antonio Rosetti
396:KV 261 and the
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703:Symphony No. 5
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653:First Symphony
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54:Dominant key
42:Parallel key
30:Relative key
759:Franz Liszt
491:composed a
339:subdominant
269:Subdominant
196:double-flat
116:major scale
66:Subdominant
1286:Categories
804:References
781:, part of
734:Tannhäuser
602:wrote his
574:starts in
520:Schubert's
499:Carl Loewe
287:Submediant
251:Supertonic
784:Peer Gynt
539:566 (506)
351:bariolage
247:– E major
170:has four
118:based on
94:, A, B, C
1258:♯
1248:♯
1238:♭
1228:♭
1211:♯
1201:♯
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1181:♭
1166:♯
1156:♯
1146:♭
1136:♭
1121:♯
1106:♭
1096:♭
1081:♯
1061:♭
1046:♯
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996:♭
875:Diatonic
792:See also
725:Overture
442:Op. 14/1
337:(E) and
278:Dominant
182:and its
162:♯
153:♯
136:♯
127:♯
103:♯
97:♯
91:♯
85:♯
838:E major
687:E minor
660:D minor
576:E minor
463:C minor
451:Fidelio
446:Op. 109
370:Op. 3/1
345:on the
282:B major
273:A major
260:Mediant
188:E minor
112:E major
71:A major
59:B major
47:E minor
20:E major
938:minor
935:Major
919:Sharps
878:scales
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672:Gothic
655:in E.
612:wrote
477:, and
374:No. 44
366:No. 29
362:No. 12
347:violin
174:. Its
172:sharps
166:. Its
157:, and
931:minor
926:Major
914:Flats
335:tonic
245:Tonic
114:is a
882:keys
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