On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 5:45 PM, David McDonald <macmusic...@cox.net> wrote: > For all you early music history buffs: > I'm editing/adapting a Vivaldi concerto for my string ensemble "Concerto in > G minor for 2 Cellos and Strings" RV 531 > > Why is it "G minor" but the key signature is 1 flat? >
They were still sorting the church modes and the new ideas about keys during the baroque. I deal with this a lot with Telemann, Graupner, and Stoelzel's music. Sometimes it can be REALLY confusing. Although my editor mentioned he just finished a late baroque piece in the key of D flat major! Thanks Kim _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
