C minor is a minor scale based on C, consisting of the pitches C, D, E♭, F, G, A♭, and B♭. Its key signature consists of three flats. Its relative major is E♭ major and its parallel major is C major.
Notable compositions
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Charles-Valentin Alkan •
Prelude Op. 31, No. 16 (Assez lentement) •
Symphony for Solo Piano, 1st movement: Allegro •
Trois grandes études, Op. 76, No. 3 "Mouvement semblable et perpetuel" •
Johannes Sebastian Bach •
Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582 •
Lute Suite in C minor, BWV 997 •
Cello Suite No. 5, BWV 1011 •
The Musical Offering, BWV 1079 •
Partita No. 2, BWV 826 •
Ludwig van Beethoven (See
Beethoven and C minor) •
Piano Sonata No. 5 •
Piano Sonata No. 8 (Pathétique) •
Piano Concerto No. 3 •
Coriolan Overture •
Symphony No. 5 •
Choral Fantasy •
Piano Sonata No. 32 •
Johannes Brahms •
Symphony No. 1 •
String Quartet Op. 51/1 •
Piano Trio No. 3 •
Piano Quartet No. 3 •
Anton Bruckner •
Symphony No. 1 •
Symphony No. 2 •
Symphony No. 8 •
Frédéric Chopin •
Rondo Op. 1 •
Piano Sonata No. 1 •
Étude Op. 10, No. 12 (Revolutionary) •
Étude Op. 25, No. 12 (Ocean) •
Prélude Op. 28, No. 20 "Funeral March" •
Nocturne in C minor, Op. 48, No. 1 •
Nocturne in C minor, Op. posth. (Chopin) •
Mazurka Op. 56, No. 3 •
Gabriel Fauré •
Élégie, Op. 24 •
Joseph Haydn •
Piano Sonata Hob. XVI/20 •
Franz Liszt •
Transcendental Étude No. 8 "Wilde Jagd" •
Gustav Mahler •
Symphony No. 2 "Auferstehung" •
Felix Mendelssohn •
Piano Trio in C minor, MWV Q3 •
Symphony No. 1 •
Organ Sonata, Op. 65, No. 2 •
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart •
Great Mass in C minor, K. 427 (417a) •
Piano Concerto No. 24, K. 491) •
Maurerische Trauermusik K. 477 (479a) •
Als Luise die Briefe ihres ungetreuen Liebhabers verbrannte, K. 517 •
Adagio and Fugue in C minor. K. 546 •
Wind Serenade in C minor. K. 388 (384a) •
Fantasy in C minor for violin and piano, K. 396 (385f) •
Piano Sonata in C minor, K. 457 •
Fantasy in C minor, K. 475 •
Kleiner Trauermarsch, K. 453a •
Sergei Prokofiev •
Symphony No. 3, Op. 44 •
Sergei Rachmaninoff •
Piano Concerto No. 2 •
Camille Saint-Saëns •
Symphony No. 3 (Organ Symphony) •
Dmitri Shostakovich •
String Quartet No. 8 •
Symphony No. 4 •
Symphony No. 8 •
Franz Schubert •
Symphony No. 4, D. 417 •
Piano Sonata No. 19, D. 958 •
Impromptu No. 1, D. 899 ==See also==