Posted by S. Christian Collins on May 16, 19101 at 15:36:56:

In Reply to: Re: K 249 in B-flat and key relation question posted by Marko on May 06, 19101 at 05:58:49:

It is not unusual for a sonata in a minor key to modulate to the relative major instead of V. If we remove all of the instances of minor to relative major from the list, we are left with:

K.10 d-d; K.32 d-d; K.40 c-c; K.130 A flat-c; K.241 G-b; K.256 F-a; K.280 A-f sharp; K.289 G-b; K.296 F-a; K.317 F-d; K.366 F-a; K.457 A-c sharp; K.508 E flat-c; K.518 F-a;

Now here we see an interesting trend. Beginning with Sonata K. 130, scarlatti occasionally modulates to iii or vi instead of V (in music theory terms). Also, after his early sonatas, he never begins the second half in the same key as the first half.

The two B-flat sonatas mentioned in the initial inquiry either modulate to iii or vi, so there is a pattern there, and it's not limited to B-flat sonatas by any means.

I hope this was informative :)

-~=Chris

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