![]() ![]() There is clearly a C Sharp (black key right of C) on my piano keyboard but I don't recall ever seeing any music written in the key of C-Sharp Major. By 1915 In the study pour les arpèges Debussy changes key signature mid-bar. 12 Music is written in almost every key that corresponds to every note that is on my piano keyboard. Albeniz is a special case as in 10 of the 12 pieces of Iberia, he does not change key signature in spite of many complicated modulations, and this often presents a baffling number of awkward accidentals these will always indicate either “exotic” deviations or a change of key, and in my view it is much clearer to change the key signature if the modulation lasts for more than a few bars. It is always interesting to examine the choice of key and time signatures by composers, and although with equal temperament all keys should sound the same on a piano, it has to be said there is something sensual, dynamic and practical in preferring to compose in a particular key. ![]() I found it quite difficult to find a valid reason and in the end opted to keep it in the original key. One of my first tasks was to see how it looked in B major I cannot deny that it felt wrong. An excellent question which I came across as I am just about to publish an edition of Evocación.
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