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C-sharp minor or C♯ minor is a minor scale based on C♯, with the pitches C♯, D♯, E, F♯, G♯, A, and B. Its key signature consists of four sharps (see below: Scales and keys).
Its relative major is E major, and its parallel major is C-sharp major.
Changes needed for the melodic and harmonic versions of the scale are written in with accidentals as necessary.
There are only two known symphonies in the 18th century written in this key. One of them is by Joseph Martin Kraus, but he appears to have found the key difficult since he later rewrote it in C minor. Even in the following two centuries C-sharp minor symphonies remained rare. Two notable examples are Mahler's Symphony No. 5 (though only the first movement is in C-sharp minor, and the finale is actually in D major) and Prokofiev's Symphony No. 7.
This key occurs more often in piano literature, however, from the 18th Century onwards. Domenico Scarlatti wrote just two keyboard sonatas in C-sharp minor, K. 246 and K. 247. But after Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 14 (Moonlight Sonata), the key became more frequent in the piano repertoire. Beethoven himself used this key again in the outer movements of his String Quartet No. 14 (Op. 131, 1826). Even so, Johannes Brahms still felt the need to rewrite his C-sharp minor Piano Quartet in C minor, which was published as Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor, Op. 60.
Jan Milosz Lisiecki (born March 23, 1995) is a classical pianist. He is most well known as being extremely accomplished in piano as well as in academics at a young age.
“I concisely remember the moment when my hands and feet gradually gained control and I was able to make the piano sing. My powerful relationship with the piano began and I started to discover my voice. As I play, I feel that the magic of the music is emerging from the piano, and also is developing in me – I feel the light shining into my heart. I experience joy, happiness, love; but also sadness and pain. And I have the strong desire to share it with others.” – Jan Lisiecki
Jan Miłosz Lisiecki was born in Calgary, Canada to Polish parents. He has been studying piano since the age of five at the Mount Royal University Conservatory.
Now I know
Where you go,
What you do,
When you're away from me
Who he is,
What's his name,
Where he lives,
All your aims
But no longer
Will I play
Your foolish games
You took my heart
And you tore it into too many pieces
But I've put it all together again
There's a fire down in me
That burns, oh, so bright
With the longing, with the yearning to be free
I won't cry, I won't cry
No I won't waste my tears
I'll get by
I'll survive
Without you
Without you
(piano solo)
I gave you the stars
I gave you the moon and my heart
But you take them all and threw them all away
I don't want you, I don't need you
I will survive
I've got strength enough down inside for two
When you leave, when you leave
Just look the other way
I won't waste my breath my tears
There's nothing to say
There's a fire down in me
That burns, oh, so bright
With the longing, with the yearning to be free
I won't cry, I won't cry
No I won't waste my tears
I'll get by
I'll survive
Without you
Without you
(violin solo)
Just go, just go, just go
There's a fire down in me
That's burning, oh, so bright
With the longing, with the yearning to be free
I won't cry, I won't cry
No I won't waste my tears
I'll get by
I'll survive
Without you