On 12/26/06, Ray Saintonge saintonge@telus.net wrote:
I think the question had more to do with verifying a claim that a particular musical work is in C major. It would seem a waste of time if every time the description of a piece of music included its key there would need to be a source to establish that as true.
If someone claims that a piece of music is in C major I have to accept that without the need to go through a mini-course on music theory.
Which "someone" do you mean - a Wikipedian? The hard-line view of OR which has dominated most of this discussion seems to indicate that a source is needed for *everything*. IMHO, totally unworkable, and not even desirable. We serve our readers, and ourselves, better by simply referring to the work as being in C, then if we feel the need, adding a footnote like "No sharps or flats are indicated in the key signature, and the final cadence is C major" or whatever.
Steve