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  • Scriabin's Poème in F-sharp, Op. 32, No. 1, was as diaphanous and lovingly phrased on Saturday's program as that composer's G-sharp Minor Etude, Op.

    Two views of Yuja Wang: In performance... 2010

  • His piano teacher told him that the G-sharp he just played was supposed to be a G-natural.

    The Pill turns fifty: are we having fun yet? 2010

  • On the word "Virgo," the altos sing a dissonant appoggiatura G-sharp.

    Archive 2009-02-01 bls 2009

  • On the word "Virgo," the altos sing a dissonant appoggiatura G-sharp.

    It's a Still Life That Runs Deep Morten Lauridsen 2009

  • On the word "Virgo," the altos sing a dissonant appoggiatura G-sharp.

    A Chant-related Google Alert (Yes!) bls 2009

  • I also remember Slonimsky talking about an all-triad row in one of his books; I think it stacked up C major, Bb major, G-sharp minor, F-sharp minor.

    Alone together Matthew Guerrieri 2006

  • Adding a G-sharp accidental to the section in D-major had the effect of making the musical line identical with the A-major section.

    Dragonfly in Amber Gabaldon, Diana 1992

  • At the first lesson Jonas became unequivocally assured that the business was a serious one, when after a third time striking G instead of G-sharp, the heavy, quick blow of the master's stick hummed and stung across his hands as they hovered over the organ keys.

    Choice Readings for the Home Circle Anonymous

  • The Aldermen screamed till they were quite red in the faces, but all to no purpose: none of them could get up to G-sharp of course.

    The Children's Book of Christmas Stories Asa Don Dickinson 1918

  • Then they decided to send the highest Soprano Singer in the church choir to the Wise Woman; she could sing up to G-sharp just as easy as not.

    The Children's Book of Christmas Stories Asa Don Dickinson 1918

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