Augmented Sixth Chords

German sixth
pdfmp3Agnesi, Maria Teresa, Ulisse in Campania, opera for voices and orchestra,
First Part, Overture, Allegro, mm.1-10
pdfmp3Auenbrugger, Marianne, Sonata in E Flat Major, mvt. I Moderato, mm.74-79
(also contains V7/iv)
pdfmp3Barès, Basile, La Capricieuse for piano, Valse, Op. 7, mm. 36-51
pdfmp3Barrios, Agustin, Allegro Sinfónico for guitar, mm.58-68
(also contains CTo7)
pdfmp3Barrios, Agustin, La Catedral for guitar, mvt. II Andante religioso,
pickup to mm.17 to first two beats of 22 (also contains N6)
pdfmp3Boulogne, Joseph, Sonata No. 2 for violin and harpsichord, Mvt. II,
Andantino, mm. 215-220
pdfmp3Burleigh, H.T., Sometimes I feel Like a Motherless Child, mm.11-20
pdfmp3Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel, African Dances, Op.58, I. Allegro, mm.157-end
(recording link)
pdfLang, Josephine, Ostern for piano and voice, mm.7-24
(also includes change of mode F to fm mod. to Cm mod. back to F)
pdfMIDIMayer, Emilie, Three Songs for soprano and piano, Op.7, No. 2, O lass mich dein gedenken,
mm. pickup to 15-24 (also contains CTo7)
pdfmp3Mayer, Emilie, Two Songs for voice and piano, No. 2 Das Schlüsselloch im Herzen,
mm.8-20 (link to recording)
pdfmp3Nepomuceno, Alberto, String Quartet No. 1, mvt. I. Allegro agitato, mm.1-9
(This example contains parallel 5ths from Ger+6 to V chord)
(Also good example of passing minor v chord on the last eighth note of m. 1)
pdfmp3Schumann, Clara, Soirées Musicales, No. 6 Polonaise,
Non troppo Allegro, mm.1-13
pdfmp3Szymanowska, Maria, Six Menuets, No.2, Quasi Allegro, Trio Section, mm.1-16
(also contains applied sevenths)
pdfmp3Szymanowska, Maria, Four Preludes, No. 3 Presto in E major, mm.1-9
Italian sixth
pdfMIDIAgnesi, Maria Teresa, Ulisse in Campania, opera for voices and orchestra,
second part, 7th section, Larghetto, mm. 50-55
pdfmp3Andrée, Elfrida, Piano Trio No.2, mvt. I Allegro agitato, mm.1-8
pdfmp3Andrée, Elfrida, Fem smärre tonbilder, Op.7, II. Andante, mm.1-4
(link to recording) (also a PIP)
pdfmp3Boulogne, Joseph, String Quartet No. 3, Op. 1, mvt. 1, Allegro Assai, mm.1-6
(recording link)
pdfmp3Colbran, Isabella, Six Songs for piano or harp accompaniment, No. 3, Benché ti sia crudel,
Allegro Moderato, mm.6-12 (link to recording)
pdfMIDIDouglass, John Thomas, The Pilgrim, Grand Overture, Allegro Vivace, mm.13-20
pdfMIDIFaunt Le Roy Runcie, Constance, 2 Offertory Songs, No. 1, The Dove of Peace (A Wish)
mm.60-73 (answer key)
pdfmp3Martines, Marianna, La Tempesta (cantata), mm1-8
(recording link)
pdfmp3Mendelssohn, Fanny Hensel, Lockung No. 1 from Gartenlieder, Op. 3,
(pickup to m.10) mm.9-16
(also an example of mode mixture and passing minor v)
German and Italian
pdfmp3Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich, Album for the Young, No. 19, The Nurse’s Tale, mm.1-6
(also contains ctd triad in mm.1-2)
French sixth
pdfmp3Barrios, Agustin, La Catedral for guitar, mvt. I, Preludio saudade,
mm.12-16
pdfmp3Dett, Nathaniel, Cinnamon Grove, mvt. II, Adagio cantabile, pickup to mm. 9-16
pdfMIDIGarcia, José Mauricio Nunes, Libera me, SATB and continuo, mm.1-12
(also contains a chromatic D2 sequence, and a passing minor v)
pdfMIDILang, Josefine, Two Mazurkas, Op.49, No.1, mm.62-71
pdfmp3Mendelssohn, Fanny Hensel, 5 Lieder, Op. 10: I. Nach Süden, mm.1-9
(link to recording) (answer key)
pdfmp3Schumann, Clara, Piano Sonata, mvt. II, Adagio, mm.1-8
(link to recording) (also example of Fr+6, applied chord, mode mixture, and passing 64)
(also retardations and suspensions)
pdfmp3Tchaikovsky, Peter, Album for the Young, No. 4 The Little Horseman, Vivo, mm.37-41
(link to recording)
pdfmp3Tegnér, Alice, Sonata in A minor, mvt. 1 Allegro, mm.19-26
(link to recording) also contains mode mixture iio7
pdfmp3Tegnér, Alice, Sonata in A minor, mvt. 4 Allegro, mm.91-101
(link to recording) measure 92 does note match with recording
German, French, and Italian
pdfmp3Szymanowska, Maria, Vingt exercices et préludes: No. 6 in C Major, mm.1-7
(link to recording)
German and French
pdflinkMayer, Emilie, Ungaraise for piano, Op. 31, mm.138-153
(Analyze in Bb major. F#7 is an enharmonic Ger+6) (link to recording)
German, French, and CT+6
pdfmp3Moussorgsky, Modest, Une Plaisanterie, Allegro, mm. 71-86
(link to recording)
Swiss sixth
pdfmp3Jaëll, Marie, Les Orientales, mvt. IV, Nourmahal-la-rousse, mm. 73-78
(link to recording) (I+ prolongs tonic imparting a whole-tone coloration)
pdfMIDIMayer, Emilie, Cello Sonata in C major, mvt. III, Allegro con brio, mm.299-303
(This is a common-tone Swiss)
pdfmp3Soro, Enrique, Piano Sonata No. 3 in D Major, mvt. I. Allegro con energia, mm.1-4
Common-Tone Augmented 6th Chords
pdfMIDIBosmans, Henriette, Vier Voordrachtstukken No. 2 Uit vervlogen Tijd, Allegro molto moderato,
mm.1-8 (also contains V7/bII to bII)
pdfmp3Jaëll, Marie, Feuillet d’album for piano, mm.39-45
pdfmp3Mahler, Alma, Licht In Der Nacht for voice and piano, mm.1-7
(recording link)
pdfmp3Tchouhadjian, Dikran, Mazurka in A minor, mm.4-7
Secondary +6 Chords / Deceptive or Irregular Resolutions
pdfmp3Burleigh, H.T., Rocks, Don’t Fall on Me, mm. 29-36
(Ger+6 resolves to IV instead of vi)
pdfmp3Lambert, Charles Lucien, La Flamenca -musical drama in four acts, Prelude,
Allegro molto animato e giocoso, mm. 110-115 (It+6 of tonic add 5)
pdfmp3Panchenko, Semyon, 3 Sonnets, Op. 2, No.3, mm.1-9
(secondary Fr+6 in key of C m.3)
pdfmp3Soro, Enrique, Caprice for piano, Allegro vivace, mm.13-16
(link to recording) (Fr+6 of i) (also contains N6)
pdfmp3Szymanowska, Maria, Pieśń z wieży (Song from the Tower) Agitato, mm. 17-18
(link to recording) (also contains N6)
pdfmp3Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich, Album for the Young, No. 20, The Witch, mm.1-8
(Ger+6 more the product of neighboring motion, resolution to i6 but not a secondary +6)
pdfmp3Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich, Album for the Young, No. 2, Winter Morning, mm.1-12
(It+6 of I m.1, Ger+6 of I m.3, It+6 of I m.4) (link to recording)
pdfmp3Tegnér, Alice, Sonata in A minor, mvt. 1 Allegro, mm.15-18
(Ger6/5 of i to viio6/5 to V7) (recording link)