E major

E major
${ \magnifyStaff #3/2 \omit Score.TimeSignature \key e \major s16 \clef F \key e \major s^"" }$
Relative key	C-sharp minor
Parallel key	E minor
Dominant key	B major
Subdominant	A major
Component pitches
	E, F♯,G♯,A, B, C♯,D♯

E majoris amajor scalebased onE,consisting of the pitches E,F♯,G♯,A,B,C♯,andD♯.Itskey signaturehas foursharps.Itsrelative minorisC-sharp minorand itsparallel minorisE minor.Its enharmonic equivalent,F-flat major,has six flats and thedouble-flatB,which makes that key less convenient to use.

The E major scale is:

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Scale degree chords

Thescale degreechords of E major are:

Music in E major

Antonio Vivaldiused this key for the "Spring" concerto fromThe Four Seasons.

Johann Sebastian Bachused E major for aviolin concerto,as well as for histhird partita for solo violin;the key is especially appropriate for the latter piece because itstonic(E) andsubdominant(A) correspond toopen stringson theviolin,enhancing the tone colour (and ease of playing) of thebariolagein the first movement.

Only two ofJoseph Haydn's 106 symphonies are in E major:No. 12andNo. 29.Furthermore, four string quartets (Op. 2/2 andOp. 3/1), Op. 17/1 and Op. 54/3), two piano trios (No. 11 andNo. 44) and three piano sonatas (No. 13, 22 and 31) are in E major.

Luigi Boccherini'sString Quintet, Op. 11, No. 5is in E major.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozartcompleted only two compositions in E major: theAdagio for Violin and OrchestraKV 261 and thePiano Trio No. 4KV 542. A noteworthy fragment among Mozart's works forhorn and orchestra,K. 494a, is likewise in E major.

Antonio Rosettiwrote several concertos for one and two horns.

Marianna Martineswrote a keyboard concerto and a keyboard sonata in E major.

Joseph Martin Krauswrote a keyboard sonata in E major (VB 196).

Nikolaus von Krufftwrote a sonata for horn and piano in E major.

Josef Myslivečekwrote a violin concerto in E major.

Ludwig van Beethovenused E major for two of his piano sonatas,Op. 14/1andOp. 109,and for the ouverture to his operaFidelio.

Starting with Beethoven'sPiano Concerto No. 3,several works in the key ofC minorbegan to have slow movements in E major, three examples of which areJohannes Brahms'First SymphonyandPiano Quartet No. 3,andSergei Rachmaninoff'sPiano Concerto No. 2.

Johann Nepomuk Hummelcomposed aTrumpet Concertoin E major.

Carl Loewecomposed a piano sonata in this key:Grande Sonatein E major, Op. 16, and so didIgnaz Moschelesin his Op. 41.

Václav Jindřich Veitwrote a string quartet in E major, Op. 5, and Karl Schuberth wrote his string octet Op. 23 in this key..

The second movement ofSchubert's Symphony No. 8is in E major, as well as the piano sonatas D.157,157and459,the rondo from566 (506),String Quartet D. 353,the middle movement of theArpeggione Sonata.Several Schubert works end with numbers in E major, such asDie schöne Müllerin,6 Grandes Marches D. 819 and the 6 Polonaises D. 824.

The andante which serves as an introduction to the Rondo Capriccioso Op. 14 byFelix Mendelssohnis in E major, as well as theConcerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra in E major.

Frédéric Chopin'sFirst Piano Concertostarts inE minor,but the last two movements are in E major. HisÉtude Op. 10, No. 3,one of his best known works, is in E major. His lastNocturne, Op. 62 No. 2,and his finalScherzo No. 4,are also in E major. A lesser-known work in the key is the Moderato in E major, WN 56.

Moritz Moszkowskiwrote his Piano Concerto Op. 59 in E major.

Antonín Dvořákwrote hisSerenade for StringsOp. 22 in the key of E major.

Charles-Valentin AlkanwroteCello Sonatain E major, and so didFranz Xaver Wolfgang Mozartin his Op. 19.

Adolphe Blanc's Septet for clarinet, bassoon, horn, violin, viola, cello and double bass Op. 40 is in E major.

In the 19th century, symphonies in this key were rare, withAnton Bruckner'sSymphony No. 7being one of very few examples (seelist of symphonies in E major). For Bruckner, "the key of E major is frequently associated with music ofcontemplation".^[1]

Alexander Scriabincomposed hisFirst Symphonyin E.

Two symphonies that begin inD minorand end in E major areHavergal Brian'sSymphony No. 1(Gothic) andCarl Nielsen'sSymphony No. 4.

More typically, however, some symphonies that begin inE minorswitch to E major for the finale, such asSergei Rachmaninoff'sSymphony No. 2,Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky'sSymphony No. 5andDmitri Shostakovich'sSymphony No. 10.

InGioachino Rossini'sWilliam TellOverture,the first movement and the finale are in E major.Richard Wagner'sTannhäuseroverture is also in E major. Another notable composition by the latter in E major isSiegfried Idyll.

The first of Claude Debussy'sTwo Arabesques,L.66, is in E major.

The vast majority ofFranz Liszt'sConsolationsare in E major, as are Nos. 4 and 5 fromGrandes études de Paganini.

Edvard Grieg'sMorning Mood,part ofPeer GyntSuite No. 1, Op. 46,is in E major.

References

^Philip Barford,Bruckner SymphoniesSeattle: University of Washington Press (1978): 52

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[1] Philip Barford,Bruckner SymphoniesSeattle: University of Washington Press (1978): 52

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Scale degree chords

Music in E major

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