Pitches

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Mozart, Piano Sonata in C Major, K. 330, mvt. 1, mm. 145-150
Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major, op. 73, mvt. 2, mm. 28-32
Schubert, "Du bist die Ruh," mm. 25-30
Chopin, Mazurka in f minor, op. 63 no. 2, mm. 49-56

Harmonies

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Schubert, Sonata for Piano and Violin in A Major, op. 162, mvt. 3, mm. 87-92
Beethoven, Piano Sonata in F-sharp Major, op. 78, mvt. 2, mm. 116-124
Brahms, Ballade in B Major, op. 10 no. 4, mm. 1-4
Bruckner, Symphony no. 8 in c minor, mvt. 3, mm. 1-6
Schubert, Piano Sonata in A Major, D. 664, mm. 50-75
Schubert, String Quartet in G Major, op. 161. mvt. 1, mm. 1-10
Schubert, String Quartet in G Major, op. 161. mvt. 1, mm. 435-444
Chopin, Nocturne in A-flat Major, op. 32 no. 2, mm. 1-2
Dvorak, Cello Concerto in b minor, op. 104, mvt. 1, mm. 346-348
Paradis, Sicilienne, mm. 1-6
Chopin, Polonaise in A-flat Major, op. 53, mm. 175-181
Mozart, Piano Quartet in g minor, K. 478, mvt. 3, mm. 338-351
Wagner, Overture to "The Flying Dutchman," mm. 387-398
Chopin, Mazurka in b-flat minor, op. 24 no. 4, mm. 131-146
Gershwin, Rhapsody in Blue, mm. 1-6
Brahms, Symphony no. 3 in F Major, Op. 90, mvt. 1, mm.1-7
Brahms, Symphony no. 3 in F Major, Op. 90, mvt. 2, mm.128-134
Mahler, Symphony no. 2 in c minor, mvt. 1, mm. 433-445

Picardy Third

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Bach, Concerto for Two Violins in d minor, BWV 1043, mvt. 1, mm. 85-88
Chopin Nocturne in c-sharp minor (1830), mm. 57-65
(discrepancies between score and sound)
Brahms, "Anklänge," op. 7 no. 3, mm. 33-44
Dvorak, Symphony no. 7 in d minor, op. 70, mm. 425-434
(listen to wrong note in m. 430!)
Brahms, Piano Trio no. 2 in C Major, op. 87, mvt. 3, mm. 165-175
Orff, Carmina Burana, mvt. 1 (end) sound only
Beethoven, String Quartet in c minor, op. 16 no. 4, mvt. 4 (end) sound only
Saint-Saëns, Cello Concerto no. 1 in a minor, op. 33, mvt. 3 (end) no score, no sound
Beethoven, Symphony no. 5 in c minor, op. 67, mvt. 4 (entire) no score, no sound

Plagal cadences/progressions

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Chopin, Fantasy in f minor, op. 49, mm. 326-332
Liszt, Transcendental Etude no. 4., mm. 196-202
Schubert, Mass no. 6 in E-flat Major, D. 950, mvt. 1, mm. 158-164

Enharmonic

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Beethoven, Piano Trio in E-flat major, op. 70 no. 2, mvt. 3, mm. 87-109
Rachmaninoff, Prelude in F Major, op. 32 no. 7, mm. 41-45

Ambiguous Endings

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Brahms, "Lied," op. 3 no.4, mm. 41-48
Prokofiev, Violin Sonata no. 1 in f minor, op. 80, mvt. 4, mm. 223-233
Walton, Viola Concerto, mvt. 3, mm. 297-301

Larger-scale Uses

Major and minor tonic:

  • Bach, Violin Partita no. 2 in d minor, BWV 1004, Chaconne
  • Beethoven, Symphony no. 7 in A major, op. 92, mvt. 2
  • Goldmark, Violin Concerto no. 1 in a minor, op. 28, mvt. 2
  • Schubert, "Die Liebe Farbe" (Die Schöne Müllerin no. 16)
  • Schubert, Ständchen (Schwanengesang no. 4)
  • Chopin, Prelude in D-flat Major, op. 28 no. 15 (enharmonic)

$\rm{\flat VI}$: Mahler, Symphony no. 1 in D Major, mvt.

$\rm{\flat III}$: Haydn, Symphony no. 103 in E-flat Major, mvt. 3.

Reverse Picardy Endings

Major-mode works ending in the parallel minor

  • Brahms, Rhapsodie, op. 119 no. 4
  • Chopin, Nocturne, op. 32 no. 1 (Although I have heard the final chord with both D and D# on recordings, my Urtext score has the former)
  • Schubert, Impromptu no. 2 in E-flat, D. 899; Schubert, Moments musicaux no. 6 in A-flat, D. 780
  • Mendelssohn, Symphony no. 4 in A Major, op. 90 (last movement inminor); Strauss, Don Juan, op. 20;
  • Sibelius, Symphony no. 4 in a minor, op. 63, mvt. 4.