music for HT?

[Fred S. Sturm]

Ron,
    Here are a few Mozart examples with some dramatic harmonic movement, which
should show off HT pretty well. All are fairly slow and relatively easy to
learn/play:
Sonata KV280, Adagio movement (especially second half)
Sonata KV309, first movement, development section (right after the repeat of
the first section)
Fantasy in D minor, opening arpeggio section.
    There's a wealth of harmonically quirky writing throughout Haydn. He loved
to surprise with a sudden shift of harmony - playing the same material in a
distant key. Beethoven has plenty of examples, but in a quick survey I didn't
find anything that was realtively easy to play. Schubert has a lot of dramatic
enharmonic shifts (where sharps become flats and the like, and one goes from d
flat minor, say, to g sharp major). There are also many sections in Bach where
he runs through a number of keys in rapid succession - usually most
dramatically in minor keys, and with a fair amount of counterpoint, hence not
real easy to play. The b minor flute/harpsichord sonata is a wonderful example.

    Hope this helps.
Regards,
Fred Sturm
University of New Mexico

Ron Koval wrote:

> Hello any temperament types...
>
> I don't have any trouble hearing/demonstrating a piece that sounds really
> nice in the simple keys. Does anyone know of a section of a piece, playable
> by an intermediate pianist, that uses the remote keys, showing off the added
> dissonence while demonstrating the difference between ET and an alternate
> temperament.  If there is something that really takes advantage of the wide
> thirds, I think it would be worth my time, even if I only work up a few
> bars..... (or is that walk to a few bars?)
>
> Ron Koval
> Chicagoland
>
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