Complete Overview

The following table lists all compositions mentioning a key with seven accidentals.


Composer Opus
Thomas Adès
(*1971)
Darknesse Visible in A-flat minor
Darknesse Visible for piano solo after John Dowland
Published by faber music
Isaac Albéniz
(1860-1909)
Evocación for piano in A flat minor
Ibéria Book 1 No. 1
La Vega A flat minor
Alhambra - Suite pour piano
Charles H. V. Alkan
(1813-1888)
2. concerto da camera in C sharp minor for piano op. 10
 
The Coda uses C sharp major.
Andante con moto in C sharp major, op. 13 No. 2
Trois Andante romantiques op. 13 (1837)
Aime-moi in A flat minor op. 15 no. 1 for piano
Trois morceaux dans le genre pathétique op. 15
Song of the madwoman on the sea shore in A flat minor op. 31 no. 8 for piano
25 Préludes in all keys for piano op. 31
Prélude op. 31 no. 18 in C sharp minor
25 Préludes in all keys for piano op. 31
 
The middle section and the coda is in C sharp major.
Contrapunctus in C sharp major op. 35 No. 9 for piano
Twelve Studies in all the Major keys op. 35
Minuettino in C sharp minor op. 63 Nr. 32
48 Esquisses for piano op. 63
 
The trio section and the coda uses C sharp major.
Transports in C sharp major op. 63 Nr. 44
48 Esquisses for piano op. 63
Johann Sebastian Bach
(1685-1750)
Prelude and fugue in C sharp major, BWV 848
The well-tempered Clavier, Part 1
Prelude and fugue in C sharp major, BWV 872
The well-tempered Clavier, Part 2
Denis Bédard
(*1950)
Interlude VI in C sharp major for organ
Six nouveaux Interludes
Éditions Cheldar CH.22
Ludwig van Beethoven
(1770-1827)
Variation No. 3
Sonata No. 12 in A flat major op. 26 for piano (1801)
 
The key of the third variation from Andante con Variazioni is A flat minor
Funeral march on the death of a Hero in A flat minor from op. 26
Sonata No. 12 in A flat major op. 26 for piano (1801)
Prelude op. 39 No. 1 for piano
Two Preludes 'Through all the major keys' op. 39 for piano
 
The key of C sharp major takes place.
Alban Berg
(1885-1935)
"Now that I have overcome the strongest of the giants" op. 2 No. 3 in A flat minor
4 Songs op. 2 (1908-1910)
William Bolcom
(*1938)
Seabiscuits Rag in G flat major for piano
 
The entire Trio section is in C flat major (36 bars).
Sergej Bortkiewicz
(1877-1952)
Etude op. 15 No. 7 in C sharp major
Ten Etudes for piano op. 15
Leipzig 1911, D. Rather
III. La Viennoise in C sharp major
Three Waltzes for piano op. 27
D. Rather, London-Hamburg
Elegy op. 46 in C sharp major for piano
1931, Henri Litolff's publishing house
Sonata no. 2 in c sharp minor for piano, op. 60
 
The coda is in C sharp major.
3. Epithalame pour la main gauche seule in C sharp major
Quatre morceaux op. 65
Doblinger, Wien
Johannes Brahms
(1833-1897)
Waltz no. 6 in C sharp major, op. 39
16 waltz for piano op. 39
Trio for Horn, Violin and Piano in E flat major op. 40
 
Bar 287-355 (Molto meno Allegro) has A flat minor.
Fugue in A flat minor for organ WoO 8
composed 1856, published 1864
Louis Brassin
(1840-1884)
Etude for piano in A flat major op. 12 no. 1
 
The key of the middle section is A flat minor.
Benjamin Britten
(1913-1976)
Interlude in C flat major for harp
A Ceremony of Carols for boys choir and harp
Max Bruch
(1838-1920)
Double Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra in A flat minor op. 88a
Ferrucio Busoni
(1866-1924)
Preludio in A flat minor for piano
Toccata: Preludio - Fantasia - Ciaccona K 287 (1921)
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
(1895-1968)
Prelude and Fugue in C sharp major
The well-tempered Guitar, op. 199
Alexis de Castillon
(1838-1873)
III Adagio in A flat minor
Piano quintett in E flat major op. 1
Georgi Catoire
(1861-1926)
Soirée d'hiver in D major for piano
Trois morceaux op. 2
 
The middle section uses C flat major.
Ignacio Cervantes
(1847-1905)
Adiós a Cuba in A-flat minor for piano
Danzas Cubanas
Frédéric Chopin
(1810-1849)
Contredanse in G flat major for piano
 
The contrasting section (trio) is in C flat major.
Giuseppe Concone
(1810-1861)
Prelude in A flat minor op. 37 No. 16 for piano
24 Preludes in all keys op. 37
Carl Czerny
(1791-1857)
Rondo in A flat major
Sonata op. 7 for piano
 
The middle section uses A flat minor.
Capriccio Fugato in A flat minor
Final of the Sonata op. 7 for piano
Nocturne in E flat major op. 647 for piano
Published by Pietroe Mechetti.
 
16 bars in A flat minor.
Claude Debussy
(1862-1918)
La Mer
 
The second set "Jeux de vagues" has 10 bars in C sharp major.
Pelléas et Mélisande
 
The last few bars use C sharp major.
L'ombre des arbres No. 3 in C sharp major
Ariettes oubliées for voice and piano
composed 1885, published 1913 Jobert, Paris
Toccata No. 3
Pour le piano (1896-1901)
 
The key of the reprise and the coda is C sharp major.
Jardins sous la pluie No. 3
Estampes (1903)
 
The key of the middle section is C sharp major
Masques
(1904)
 
The key of the main theme preceding the middle section is C sharp major.
Pour les "cinq doigts" - d'après Monsieur Czerny No. 1
12 Études (1915)
 
A short intermezzo of 8 bars in the middle of the piece uses C flat major.
Pour les sonorités opposées No. 10
12 Études (1915)
 
The key of the middle section is C sharp major.
Théodore Dubois
(1837-1924)
Heure héroique in C sharp major
Les Heures; Six pièces pour piano
Heure triste in A flat minor
Les Heures; Six pièces pour piano
Marcel Dupré
(1886-1971)
Preludio op. 26, No. 1 in C sharp minor
Second symphony for organ op. 26
 
From bar 301 to the end C sharp major.
Toccata op. 26, No. 3 in C sharp major
Second symphony for organ op. 26
Éditions Salabert, Paris 1929
Maurice Duruflé
(1902-1986)
Prélude, Adagio et Choral varié op. 4 for organ
sur le thème du "Veni Creator"
 
In the Adagio 22 bars in C sharp major.
Prélude et Fugue sur le nom d'Alain op. 7 for organ
 
Four bars C flat major.
Antonin Dvorák
(1841-1904)
Folk Dance (Furiant) op. 85 No. 7 in A flat minor
Poetic Moods (Poetické nálady) op. 85
composed 1889, published 1889 Simrock, Berlin
3rd Movement: Larghetto from op. 97 in A flat minor
String quintet op. 97 (1893)
String quartet in A flat major op. 105
(1895)
 
The first set starts in A flat minor (Adagio ma non troppo). From bar 15 the key is A flat major (Allegro appassionato).
Oscar Esplá
(1886-1976)
Danza Antigua in A flat minor
Tres Movimientos para piano
Gabriel Fauré
(1845-1924)
Thème et variations op. 73 in C sharp minor pour piano
 
The final variation is in C sharp major.
Fourth Impromptu op. 91 in D flat major for piano
 
The key of the end section is C hsarp major.
Prelude op. 103 no. 2 in C sharp minor for piano
 
The key of the end section is C hsarp major.
Oscar Lorenzo Fernández
(1897-1948)
Batuque for orchestra in C sharp major
Transcription for piano by Souza Lima
Zdenko Fibich
(1850-1900)
Moods, impressions and reminescenses in A sharp minor op. 41 Nr. 49 ofr piano
José Flores de Jesus
(1921-1999)
Gracinha
 
The trio section is in C flat major.
Manuel Font y de Anta
(1889-1936)
En el parque de María Luisa (Sevilla)
Andalucía, Suite para piano
 
The complete middle section uses C sharp major.
En la Alameda de Hércules (Sevilla)
Andalucía, Suite para piano
 
A slow Interlude is in A flat minor.
Gerhard Frommel
(1906-1984)
2nd movement Adagio in A flat minor for piano
Sonata VI in B flat major for piano
Hans Gál
(1890-1987)
No. 18 Fugue in A flat minor for piano
24 Fugues for piano op. 108
Alexandr Glasunow
(1865-1936)
Une fantaisie - Variation de Raymonda for harp in C flat major
From the ballett Raymonda, Act I, La Romanesca
Enrique Granados
(1867-1916)
Allegro de Concierto for piano in C sharp major
composed in 1903
Berceuse in C sharp major
Escenas Románticas No.2
Inglis Gundry
(1905-2000)
Concert in A flat minor for harp solo
1992
Reynaldo Hahn
(1875-1947)
II. Lesquercade in C flat major
Le bal de Béatrice d'este
Suite pour instruments à vent
Ernesto Halffter
(1905-1989)
Introduction in C flat major
Sonatina, ballet in one act
Marc-André Hamelin
(*1961)
Prélude et Fugue (Etude No. 12 in A flat minor)
1993 Edition Doberman-Yppan
Alphonse Hasselmans
(1845-1912)
Ballade in A flat minor for harp
Published by Leduc, Paris
Joseph Haydn
(1732-1809)
Menuetto in C sharp minor for piano
Sonate cis-Moll Hob. XVI:36
 
The key of the trio is C sharp major.
Theodore Holland
(1878-1947)
Variations on an Original Theme in F sharp minor for piano
 
The beginning of the final is in C sharp major.
Hans Huber
(1852-1921)
No. 12 Prelude and fugue in C sharp Major
24 Preludes and fugues op. 100 for piano forhanded
Manuel Infante
(1883-1958)
Tientos in C sharp major
Pochades andaluses for piano
Leos Janácek
(1854-1928)
2nd movement Adagio in A flat minor
Capriccio for piano and wind ensemble
2nd movement Con moto in A flat minor
String quartett no. 1
Sonata for violin and piano
 
The 4th movement contains some passages in A flat minor.
The youth, 3rd movement in A flat minor, wind sextet
for flute, oboe, clarinette in b flat, horn in f, bassoon and bass clarinette in b flat, 1924
Joseph Jongen
(1873-1953)
Prelude et fugue in E flat major op. 121 for organ
 
5 bars in C sharp major in the prelude.
Johann Christian Kittel
(1732-1809)
Prelude No. III in C sharp major
16 preludes for the organ
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
(1897-1957)
Piano concert for the left hand in C sharp major, op. 17
Franz Liszt
(1811-1886)
Etude Nr. 3 "La Campanella" in A flat minor (1. version)
6 Paganini Etudes
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6
 
The first section marked Presto uses C sharp major.
Alessandro Longo
(1864-1945)
Sonata op. 32 in C minor for piano
 
The fourth variation is in A flat minor.
Gustav Mahler
(1860-1911)
Symphony IX 3. Movement Rondo Burleske
 
From bar 180 on 18 bars A flat minor
Nikolaj Medtner
(1880-1951)
Primavera op. 39 no. 3 in B flat major for piano
Forgotten Melodies op. 39
 
The middle section uses C flat major.
Danza sinfonica in g-minor op.40 no. 2 for piano
 
The middle section C-sharp major.
The night song op. 45/3 in C sharp major
for voice and piano
Joseph Messner
(1893-1969)
Prelude in A flat minor
Prelude and Fugue for wind instruments and percussion op. 44
Francisco Mignone
(1897-1986)
9. Valsa de esquina in A-flat minor
12 Valsas de esquina for piano
Emanuel Moór
(1863-1931)
Prélude in D flat major op. 71/1
Quatre Préludes op. 71 pour piano
 
An intermediate section uses C sharp major.
Moritz Moszkowski
(1854-1925)
Etude No. 13 in A flat minor for piano
15 Etudes de virtuosité op. 72
Impromptu op. 73 no. 2 in A flat major
3 piano pieces op. 73
 
The middle section uses A flat minor.
Modest Mussorgsky
(1839-1881)
No. 6 "On the river" in C sharp major
Cycle of songs "Without sun"
Yves Nat
(1890-1956)
clown in C sharp major for piano
Ernesto Nazareth
(1863-1934)
Labirinto in G flat major for piano
 
The trio section is in C flat major.
Paul Pabst
(1854-1897)
Reminiscences de l'opéra "Le Démon" d'Antoine Rubinstein
Grande fantaisie pour le piano
 
One section uses A flat minor.
Vilém Petrželka
(1889-1967)
String Quartet in C minor op. 6
 
The 2nd movement contains some passages in A flat minor.
Carl Piutti
(1846-1902)
Finale
Sonata in G minor for organ op. 22
 
The final has four bars with C sharp major.
Wilhelm Posse
(1852-1925)
Waltz No. 1 in A flat minor for harp solo
1912 Publishing House of Jul. Heinr. Zimmermann, Leipzig
Francis Poulenc
(1899-1963)
C (Les Ponts-de-Cé) for voice and piano in A flat minor
Deux Poèmes de Louis Aragon
Aubade for piano and 11 instruments
 
C-sharp major at the Entrée de Diane.
Giacomo Puccini
(1858-1924)
Aria of the Butterfly, second act, number 55-58 in A flat minor
Madame Butterfly, First performance 1904
Sergej Rachmaninow
(1873-1943)
Women's dance No. 5 in A flat minor
oper Aleko
Lullaby in A flat minor
Transcribed after Tchaikovsky
Maurice Ravel
(1875-1937)
Ondine in C sharp major
Gaspard de la Nuit
3 Poèmes pour piano d'apres Aloysius Bertrand 1908
Foxtrot in A flat minor
Fantaisie lyrique L'Enfant et les Sortilèges
Ottorino Respighi
(1879-1936)
Prelude No. 2 in C sharp minor for piano
Tre Preludi sopra melodie gregoriane
 
The Largo section is in C sharp major.
Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek
(1860-1945)
Csárdás in C sharp major
Four symphonic dances for piano
Johann Christian Heinrich Rinck
(1770-1846)
Prelude no. 15 in C sharp major
Thirty preludes in all major and minor keys
Practical organ school op. 55/1
Prelude no. 16 in A sharp minor
Thirty preludes in all major and minor keys
Practical organ school op. 55/1
Prelude no. 29 in C flat major
Thirty preludes in all major and minor keys
Practical organ school op. 55/1
Prelude no. 30 in A flat minor
Thirty preludes in all major and minor keys
Practical organ school op. 55/1
Exercise No. 15 in C sharp major
Exercices à deux parties dans tous les tons pour le Piano Forté op. 67
composed in 1821
Exercise no. 16 in A sharp minor
Exercices à deux parties dans tous les tons pour le Piano Forté op. 67
composed in 1821
Exercise no. 29 in C flat major
Exercices à deux parties dans tous les tons pour le Piano Forté op. 67
composed in 1821
Exercise no. 30 in A flat minor
Exercices à deux parties dans tous les tons pour le Piano Forté op. 67
composed in 1821
Joaquín Rodrigo
(1901-1999)
Sonada de adiós for piano in A flat minor
composed 1935
Camille Saint-Saëns
(1835-1921)
Piano trio no. 2 in E minor
 
6 bars in A flat minor.
Xaver Scharwenka
(1850-1924)
Valse brillante in A-flat major op. 13 for piano
 
In the middle section 60 bars in a-flat minor/C-flat major.
Othmar Schoeck
(1886-1957)
String quartet in A flat minor o.op. no. 125,1
Autograph central library Zurich (1910)
Franz Schubert
(1797-1828)
German Dance in C sharp major, D139
composed in 1815
German Dance in A flat minor, D790 No. 7
12 German dances op. 171
Piano sonata in B flat major, D960
 
The coda of the second set uses C sharp major.
Adolf Andrej Schulz-Evler
(1852-1905)
Concert Arabesques on Motifs by Johann Strauss for piano
 
The middle section of the second waltz uses C flat major.
Giovanni Sgambati
(1841-1914)
Gavotte op. 14 in A flat minor for piano
Edition Schott, Mainz
Preludio op. 18 No. 1 in a flat minor
Quattro Pezzi di Seguito per pianoforte op. 18
Alexandr Skrjabin
(1872-1915)
Etude in C sharp major op. 8 No. 1
Twelve Etudes for piano op. 8
Leipzig 1895, M. P. Belaieff
Georges Sporck
(1870-1943)
Second Impromptu in A flat minor for harp
1938 Éditions Max Eschig, Paris
Alexei Vladimir Stanchinsky
(1888-1914)
Esquisse in C flat major op. 1 Nr. 7 for piano
12 piano sketches op. 1
Richard Strauss
(1864-1949)
Song of the women op. 68 No. 6 in A flat minor (low voice)
Six songs after poems of Clemens Brentano
Ride through the forest op. 69 No. 4 in C sharp major (low voice)
Five little songs after poems of A. von Arnim and H. Heine
Igor Strawinski
(1882-1971)
L'oiseau de Feu
Conte dansé en deux tableaux
 
The beginning uses A flat minor.
Gustav Hanns Strümpel
(1855-1927)
Prélude op. 16 No. 22 in C sharp major
24 Préludes op. 16 for piano
unpublished manuscript
Sigismund Thalberg
(1812-1871)
Waltz no. 7 in C sharp major
Twelve waltzes op. 4
Etude No. 3 in C sharp major for piano
12 Grandes Etudes op. 26
John Thomas
(1826-1913)
"The minstrel's adieu to his native land" in A-flat minor
for harp
Pjotr Tschaikowsky
(1840-1893)
Cradle song op. 16 no. 1 in A flat minor
Six Romances op. 16 for voice and piano
Funeral march in A flat minor, op. 21 No. 4
Six pieces over a theme (suite) for piano op. 21
Mazurka in A flat minor, op. 21 No. 5
Six pieces over a theme (suite) for piano op. 21
Giuseppe Verdi
(1813-1901)
Monolog of Otello, 3. act, 3. scene in A flat minor
oper Otello
Louis Vierne
(1870-1937)
Agnus Dei in C sharp minor
Messe solennelle op. 16 (1900)
 
The closing dona nobis pacem moves to C sharp major.
Julius Weismann
(1879-1950)
Prelude No. 3 in C sharp major
The Fugenbaum: 24 preludes and fugues in all keys for piano op. 150
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