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From: briang@bari.Sun.COM (Brian Gordon)
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Subject: Re: Addictive Keys??!??
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Date: 9 Jan 90 01:41:55 GMT
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In article <1758@rex.cs.tulane.edu> boswell@rex.UUCP (Albert Boswell) writes:
>    I know that certain composers are attracted to different keys
>    Beethoven loved Cm and E-flat as many of his famous works show.
>    Mozart's favorite pathos key was Gm I have read.
>
>    I'm sure modern composers also have favorite keys for whatever
>    reason. 	[...]

For example, Irving Berlin composed only in F# Major.  Since he wasn't that
much of a pianist -- but did have the bucks -- he had himself an F# piano
built (its apparent C scale was actually an F# scale).  Eventually he had
one as fancy as a harp, with pedals to transpose to various keys, but still
stuck to F# for his own composing.

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