I composed something; but is any piece actually based on the same idea?

[jakub_eisenbruk]

Hi everyone. This is my first post on this site, so I'am going to introduce myself: I'am just 16 years old. I have began to listen to classical music almost 2 years ago. I also play the piano, but god knows what is my real potential, since I have learned to play alone and I'am lazy to learn new pieces. I may be notorious for having a pretty weird list of my 3 favorite composers: G. Mahler, P. Glass and W. A. Mozart, but I have seen stranger things.

Coming to this topic, my question is very simple: Has there ever been composed a symphony or any other piece of classical music that begins in a major tonality and ends in a minor tonality? I have composed a piece for violin and cello that begins in e-flat major and ends in a-minor, but has anyone here ever heard of any piece like that? Thank you for your answers.

Jakub Eisenbruk, Mexico City.

[prometheus]

I can answer your question with 'yes', though I do not have a piece in my mind.

This is because the variation you propose is so basic. Of course, most of the time it is done the other way around but I am sure some composer, even a famous one, must have composed a piece like this.

Actually, the symphony part may be trickier. At least in terms of a famous composer.

As for a piece starting in Eb major and ending in A minor. This is a much stranger combination. The keys have little in common with each other. Basically all pieces up until romantic music end in the same tonic in which they begin.

[jre58591]

massenet's piano concerto starts in e flat major, yet it ends in c minor. i think it is a nice effect. im not sure how something starting in e flat and ending in a minor would sound. ive never seen that before.