Its enharmonic equivalent, F-flat major, has six flats and the double-flat B, which makes that key less convenient to use.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart completed only two compositions in E major: the Adagio for Violin and Orchestra KV 261 and the Piano Trio No.

A noteworthy fragment among Mozart's works for horn and orchestra, K. 494a, is likewise in E major.

Joseph Martin Kraus wrote a keyboard sonata in E major (VB 196).

Nikolaus von Krufft wrote a sonata for horn and piano in E major.

Ludwig van Beethoven used E major for two of his piano sonatas, Op.

3, several works in the key of C minor began to have slow movements in E major, three examples of which are Johannes Brahms' First Symphony and Piano Quartet No.

Johann Nepomuk Hummel composed a Trumpet Concerto in E major.

Carl Loewe composed a piano sonata in this key: Grande Sonate in E major, Op.

Václav Jindřich Veit wrote a string quartet in E major, Op.

Several Schubert works end with numbers in E major, such as Die schöne Müllerin, 6 Grandes Marches D. 819 and the 6 Polonaises D. 824.

Frédéric Chopin's First Piano Concerto starts in E minor, but the last two movements are in E major.

Charles-Valentin Alkan wrote Cello Sonata in E major, and so did Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart in his Op.

Adolphe Blanc's Septet for clarinet, bassoon, horn, violin, viola, cello and double bass Op.

In Gioachino Rossini's William Tell Overture, the first movement and the finale are in E major.

Edvard Grieg's Morning Mood, part of Peer Gynt Suite No.