A note in Rachmaninoff

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Re: A note in Rachmaninoff

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John Ruggero wrote: 07 Apr 2023, 21:35 I remember a phrase in contemporary music during the 80's I think it was when an amazingly dissonant piece would suddenly end with some soothing major and minor triads. The relief was palpable in the audience who were convinced that they had just heard something quite profound and wonderful.
Sounds like Hindemith, but could be someone else at the time.
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Not Hindemith's famous ending chords. This was usually some chaotic, atonal piece of a type favored in academic circles here in the US that ended with a completely consonant section, justified by a programmatic idea; from darkness to light sort of thing. I thought it was an attempt to placate the audience, which it seemed to. In any case, the consonant section stood out like sore thumb, along the lines of what you were mentioning.
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Re: A note in Rachmaninoff

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Neither! I've listened to it several times, and I hear B, G#, D#—in other words, a G#m/D# chord. 🤷‍♂️
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I hear the F :ss dropping a half step to F :s , not rising to a G :s.

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