Re: Unanswered Question #1

"Tom K." <tkorth1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "Steve Latham" <llatham@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> Beethoven, very doubtful - though again, we have obvious examples of
his 
>> knowledge of the term - however, even the piece he composes and calls
"in 
>> the Lydian Mode", really isn't - it's Lydian mode through major/minor 
>> goggles.
>>
>
> Even this is cutting ol' Ludwig a lot of slack.  Assuming you're
referring 
> to the quartet chorale, I always hear it as major with a slight Lydian 
> inflection.
>
> Tom K.

Or Major with numerous dominant of the dominant inflections :-)

Steve