Why have I never found any music written in the key of C Sharp Major?

Question

Music is written in almost every key that corresponds to every note that is on my piano keyboard. There is clearly a C Sharp (black key right of C) on my piano keyboard but I don't recall ever seeing any music written in the key of C-Sharp Major.Surely the key of C-Sharp Major must exist! So why is it never or rarely used? Are there situations where the key of C-Sharp Major would be more appropriate than say the key of D Flat Major? **EDIT:** I never meant to suggests that you **can't find** examples of music written in C-Sharp major on **Google** (as Todd Wilcox pointed out in his comment). It's that it is comparatively rare and I don't find it in any of my many music books among many thousands of songs.

Answer 1

Hello,

You are right, it is rare to find music in this key, but there is music written in this key. The reason why it's not so common to find is because this key requires all notes to be sharp. So composers would try to avoid this key because it could be fairly harder to read for the average musician. I hope this helps.

Best Regards,

Angel