D

Summary

The second note of the natural scale. In solfaing it is called Re. The scale of D major contains F# and C#, and its relative minor is B; that of D minor contains Bb, and its relative major is F. The dominant of D is A.

Among the must important compositions in D major are the Missa Solennis and 2nd Symphony of Beethoven; Handel's Dettingen Te Deum; Moznrt's Parisian Symphony. In D minor there are a noble Toccata and Fugue by Bach; the Choral Symphony, Schumann's Do. No. 4, Pianoforte Concertos by Mendelssohn and Brahms, etc.

DA CAPO, or D.C.–‘from the beginning’–is placed at the end of the second part of an air, or chorus (‘O the pleasure’), or scherzo and trio, or other movement in two portions, to show that the first portion is to be played over again as a conclusion. In airs the direction is often Dal Segno–‘from the sign’–the sign being a :S: at the beginning of the first portion. In scherzos and minuets, with trios, the direction at the end of the trio is usually ‘Scherzo, or Minuetto, D.C. senza repetizione.’ The first known occurrence of Da Capo is in Tenaglia's opera of ‘Clearco’ (1661).