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Title: E major
Description: DYK Fact #494


George Law - September 24, 2008 12:10 PM (GMT)
[dohtml]<div style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; font-family: Times New Roman"><p>At the moment, Johann Sebastian Bach’s Partita &#8470&nbsp;3 in E Major for Solo Violin, BWV&nbsp;1006, can be enjoyed listening to on BBC Radio&nbsp;3.</p>
<p>Did you know? The key signature of E major has four sharps, and the chord of E major consists of the notes E, G sharp, and B.</p>
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Athene_noctua - September 24, 2008 12:41 PM (GMT)
[dohtml]<div style="line-height: 150%; font-size: 12pt; color: black; font-family: Comic Sans MS"><p>Did you know? Two of Joseph Haydn’s symphonies are in E major – but I didn’t get to post about either of them as a DYK Fact. :oops:</p></div>[/dohtml]

George Law - September 24, 2008 02:30 PM (GMT)
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<p>Did you know? Ludwig van Beethoven’s Ninth Piano Sonata and Thirtieth Piano Sonata are in E major.</p>
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Athene_noctua - September 24, 2008 03:12 PM (GMT)
[dohtml]<div style="line-height: 150%; font-size: 12pt; color: black; font-family: Comic Sans MS"><p>Did you know? The most popular concerto from Antonio Vivaldi’s <i>The Four Seasons</i>, “Spring”, is in E major. ^_^</p></div>[/dohtml]

Bruckner fan - September 27, 2008 05:33 PM (GMT)
Did you know? Anton Bruckner's Seventh Symphony is in E major. :clap:

Athene_noctua - October 28, 2008 11:23 AM (GMT)
[dohtml]<div style="line-height: 150%; font-size: 12pt; color: black; font-family: Comic Sans MS"><p>Did you know? Franz Liszt’s Tenth Hungarian Rhapsody is in E major. I think it was on the radio a moment ago. :)</p></div>[/dohtml]

George Law - January 23, 2009 11:56 AM (GMT)
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<p>Did you know? Josef Suk’s Symphony in E major is a work of such exquisite charm that my failing to fall in love with it every time I hear it (especially the first movement) is an utter impossibility.</p>
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Athene_noctua - January 23, 2009 12:08 PM (GMT)
[dohtml]<div style="line-height: 150%; font-size: 12pt; color: black; font-family: Comic Sans MS"><p>Did you know? The Festive Symphony in E Major is a work by Bed&#345ich Smetana. I heard the scherzo & trio from it on the radio this morning. ^_^</p></div>[/dohtml]

George Law - February 1, 2009 07:52 PM (GMT)
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<p>Did you know? The first of Felix Mendelssohn’s Four Pieces for String Quartet, Op&nbsp;81, is an andante in E major. I am enjoying listening to it on BBC Radio&nbsp;3 right now.</p>
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Athene_noctua - June 10, 2009 09:37 PM (GMT)
[dohtml]<div style="line-height: 150%; font-size: 12pt; color: black; font-family: Comic Sans MS"><p>Did you know? Frédéric Chopin’s Fourth Scherzo in E major. That’s what I’m listening to on the radio right now. :)</p></div>[/dohtml]

George Law - June 25, 2009 03:36 PM (GMT)
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<p>Did you know? Haydn’s Forty-fourth String Quartet (Op&nbsp;54 &#8470&nbsp;3) is in E major. I am enjoying listening to it on BBC Radio&nbsp;3 right now.</p>
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Athene_noctua - July 7, 2009 06:47 PM (GMT)
[dohtml]<div style="line-height: 150%; font-size: 12pt; color: black; font-family: Comic Sans MS"><p>Did you know? Haydn’s work catalogued as Hoboken XV &#8470&nbsp;28 is a piano trio in E major. I listened to it on the radio a moment ago. :)</p></div>[/dohtml]

George Law - July 24, 2009 09:26 AM (GMT)
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<p>Did you know? J.S. Bach’s BWV&nbsp;1042, just played on BBC Radio&nbsp;3, is a violin concerto in E major. The finale was used as the signature tune to “The Pleasure Is Yours”, a classical-music request programme presented by Gordon Clyde on the BBC World Service.</p>
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Athene_noctua - July 27, 2009 11:00 AM (GMT)
[dohtml]<div style="line-height: 150%; font-size: 12pt; color: black; font-family: Comic Sans MS"><p>Did you know? There is a symphony in E major, called “Irish”, by Arthur Sullivan (of Gilbert & Sullivan fame). I heard part of it on the radio a moment ago. ^_^</p></div>[/dohtml]

George Law - November 4, 2009 08:59 AM (GMT)
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<p>Did you know? Niccolò Paganini’s Ninth Caprice for solo violin is in E major. I enjoyed listening to it on BBC Radio&nbsp;3 a moment ago.</p>
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Ebudae - December 31, 2009 03:00 PM (GMT)
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<p>Did you know? George Frideric Handel’s Fifth Keyboard Suite is in E Major. That’s the work whose last movement is the celebrated “Harmonious Blackmith”. I heard it on the radio earlier today. :)</p></font>[/dohtml]

shygeorge - July 30, 2010 10:44 AM (GMT)
[dohtml]A symphony in E major by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach was played on BBC Radio&nbsp;3 earlier this morning; I'm now listening to it on BBC iPlayer. I believe it is the work catalogued as H.662 ("H" for "Helm").[/dohtml]




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