Melodic upper leading-tone, the subdominant/degree four (E♭) as auxiliary to the mediant/degree three (D) (in C this would be F and E♮). From the opening to Brahms Op. 56.
Ludwig van Beethoven - Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 4 in G major - 1. Allegro moderato (Wilhelm Kempff, Ferdinand Leitner, Berliner Philharmoniker, 1962)
Death, Percy Bysshe Shelley "First our pleasures die--and then Our hopes, and then our fears--and when These are dead, the debt is due, Dust claims dust -- and we die too."
At the Mountains of Madness, H. P. Lovecraft "Another race - a land race of beings shaped like octopi and probably corresponding to fabulous pre-human spawn of Cthulhu - soon began filtering down from cosmic infinity and precipitated a monstrous war which for a time drove the Old Ones wholly back to the sea - a colossal blow in view of the increasing land settlements."
Written by Kevin MacLeod. Moog and Ukulele. Because it had to happen. Do you see what you all have done to me!?? Now that this is done... I'm going back to my life of horrible depression. You're welcome. [ed. Dark, man! Seriously... lighten this description up!] This music is available for commercial and non-commercial purposes.
