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Mozart: Piano concerto no. 9 K 271


Beethoven: Sonatas opus 31 no. And opus 81a ‘Les Adieux’


Beethoven: ‘Eroica’ Variations opus 35


Beethoven: Piano concerto no. 5 opus73 ‘Emperor’


Schubert: Impromptu opus 90 D 899


Schubert: Piano trio no. 2 D 929


Chopin: Nocturnes opus 9 no. 2 and opus 55 no. 2


Brahms: Trio for horn, violin and piano opus 40


Brahms: Sonata for clarinet and piano opus 120 no. 2


E flat minor (D sharp minor)


The key signature of E flat minor has six flats. Its enharmonic equivalent is D sharp
minor which has six sharps. Its relative major is G flat major. Its tonic major is E flat
major. The natural minor scale of E flat minor consists of the notes E flat, F, G flat, A
flat, B flat, C flat and D flat and E flat.


In both books of ‘The Well-tempered Clavier’ Bach notated the eighth prelude in E flat
minor and its accompanying fugue in D sharp minor.


Some piano pieces in E flat minor:


Haydn: Piano Trio (Hoboken XV 28)


Brahms: Scherzo opus 4


Scharwenka: Polish Dance opus 3 no. 1


Dvo%ák: Humoresque opus 101 no. 1


Khachaturian: Toccata (1932)


D sharp minor (E flat minor)


The key signature of D sharp minor has six sharps. Its enharmonic equivalent is E flat
minor which has six flats. Its relative major is F sharp major. Its tonic major is D sharp
major which, as it contains nine sharps, is not used and is replaced by E flat major. The
natural minor scale of D sharp minor consists of the notes D sharp, E sharp [F], F sharp,

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