Beethoven Center
Beethoven Thesaurus
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MT Music terms
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May subdivide by key, e.g. C minor; Literature survey
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May also be used as a subdivision to terms in the Works List (WL) hierarchy
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The association of a mood or meaning with individual keys (e.g. Christian Schubart's statement that the character of the key of C major is "innocence, simplicity, naivety, children's talk.") (Rita Steblin, A History of Key Characteristics in the Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries, p. 121)
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