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Well, maybe prior to 1900. While "few" is subjective, the number seems much larger, as a percentage, after 1900 than before 1900 (though it is complicated by the many different ways in which even tonal works in the 20th century conclude, with a larger number concluding on an open-fifth rather than a major or minor chord, for example.) After 1900 we now have to add, just for example, Bruno Walter's violin sonata (A major/A minor), Emil Frey's cello sonata Op.8 (published 1911, B major, finale in minor - again, ends there), Paul Pierné's 1902 Cello Sonata in D major (ends in E minor), Rudolf Peterka's D major trio (ends in B minor), Novák's string quartet no.1 in G Op.22 (1900) (ends with a finale in, and ends in, G minor), Sergey Taneev's string quintet no.2 in C major (ends in C minor), e.g. (Even before 1900 the list contains a fair number of works - Robert Fuchs' string quartet in E major Op.58, Godard's string quartet no.2 Op.37 in A major (finale in/ends in A minor), Johann Hummel's cello sonata, Dancla's quartet no.4 in B-flat (ends in G minor), Stephan Krehl's string quartet in A iirc, Alkan's cello sonata in E op.47, Rheinberger's first piano sonata ... ... 2604:6000:B484:AF00:9468:7FB2:6258:C493 (talk) 02:45, 8 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
