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Looking for Tonicizations of VI in minor mode
Hi everyone,
I was doing some work on my database (www.musictheoryexamples.com) and noticed I had hardly any examples of tonicization of VI in minor mode. Running through my mental library, I was surprised that I had trouble recalling simple examples. Could anyone suggest some straightforward examples of tonicization of VI in minor mode? Thanks very much!
All best,
Tim Cutler
Cleveland Institute of Music
SMT Discuss Manager: smtdiscuss@societymusictheory.org
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'Two early Beethoven examples spring to mind, both from first movements of C minor piano sonatas: opus 10, 1; opus 13. Both in the transitions.
One comes immediately to mind: Chopin's C-minor Prelude, second measure.
Straight-forward, perhaps to the point of being trivial. I'll keep my mental
ear open for other examples.
In keeping with the C-minor list that we've got going, see Beethoven, opus 18, no 4, first movement m. 26; finale, first episode. Also opus 111, second key of first movement. Plenty of others, I am sure...
Mozart's G minor quintet, K. 516, I: mm. 25–26 (immediately following a PAC in the home key).