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Why is it so hard to find odd-metered orchestral music in a major key?
So these are all the pieces I know about that use an odd time signature or frequently changing time signatures, and lots of major key tonality:
'Slava!' by Bernstein
'Rachenitsa' from 'Thracian Dances' by Petko Stainov
'Sonoran Desert Holiday' by Ron Nelson
'Finale' from 'The Firebird' by Stravinsky
'Wind River' by Joseph Curiale
'Riding on the Wind' by Guo Wenjing
There are so many more odd-metered pieces that are minor-keyed or dissonant (like 'Vesuvius' and 'The Rite of Spring'). Would anyone else out there know more major-keyed?
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