The document discusses the key plan for Franz Schubert's "Der Erlkönig". It features sudden shifts to distant, third-related keys like B minor and C# minor as the tension builds. The keys are closely related to each other through half-steps and thirds but remain distant from the home key of G minor overall.
The document discusses the key plan for Franz Schubert's "Der Erlkönig". It features sudden shifts to distant, third-related keys like B minor and C# minor as the tension builds. The keys are closely related to each other through half-steps and thirds but remain distant from the home key of G minor overall.
The document discusses the key plan for Franz Schubert's "Der Erlkönig". It features sudden shifts to distant, third-related keys like B minor and C# minor as the tension builds. The keys are closely related to each other through half-steps and thirds but remain distant from the home key of G minor overall.
Franz Schubert, “Der Erlkönig”: Character/Key Plan
sudden shift to distant,
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