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In Reply to: RE: Sigh, the piece ends in G Mixolydian; thus what you call the "leading tone" is F, and yes: a whole step from posted by jdaniel@jps.net on October 25, 2015 at 23:09:03
. . . in which case, the B-natural in the final (G-major) chord sounds like the leading tone to him? Speaking for myself, I hear it modally (with that aforementioned B-flat in the earlier measure giving it a touch of chromatic complexity) just as you do.
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I can sing what I hear should actually be the final tonic note, one which the tonic chord would be built. I'm not sure if I'm experiencing C, although that's one explaination.
But, the point is that:
1. Stanford has masterfully succeeded in creating an ending that really does end on the tonic, but sounds as if it's away from the tonic. Not lost blundering in a far away key, in the home key, just not on the first note and chord of the scale.
The way he prepares all of that's genius. Not to take a sophomoric swipe at another work, but it makes Strauss's ending to Zarathustra seem simplistic.
Thanks to Chris -and- grudgingly but with confirmation - to JDaniels; both for revealing and helping to unveil the harmonic structure of this marvelous musical experience.
N. Thelman, SSI
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