Augmented Sixth Chords

*Since some of these pieces have never been commercially recorded, MIDI has been substituted.
(sample assignment with answer key available here)
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
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)