Some piano pieces in C sharp minor:
Beethoven: Sonata opus 27 no. 2 ‘Moonlight’
Chopin: Etude opus 10 no. 4
Chopin: Scherzo no. 3 opus 39
Chopin: Prelude opus 45
Chopin: Waltz opus 64 no. 2
Chopin: Nocturne (opus posth)
Chopin: Fantaisie-Impromptu opus posth 66
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody no. 2
Scharwenka: Piano concerto no. 3 opus 100
Rachmaninoff: Prelude opus 3 no. 2
Scriabin: Prelude opus 2 no. 1
D major
The key signature of D major has two sharps. Its relative minor is B minor. Its tonic
minor is D minor. The scale of D major consists of the notes D, E, F sharp, G, A, B, C
sharp and D. D major is well suited to the violin because of the structure of the
instrument which is tuned to G, D, A, E. The open strings resonate sympathetically with
the D string producing a brilliant sound. Most tin whistles are tuned to D major since they
are used with violin music. Mozart, Beethoven, Paganini, Brahms, Tchaikovsky and
Prokofiev wrote violin concertos in D major. D major is a good key for the guitar with
drop D tuning making two Ds available as open strings. Domenico Scarlatti often
imitated the mannerisms of the guitar in his keyboard sonatas which might account for
the fact that more than seventy of his 555 sonatas are in D major, more than any other
key.
Some piano pieces in D major:
Mozart: Sonata K 576
Mozart: Rondo K 382
Beethoven: Sonata opus 10 no. 3