Johann Strauss, sr., Radetzky March

The Radetzky March, op. 228 (1848), is the most well-known composition of Johann Strauss, sr. I am including it here partly for that reason, but partly also to begin making the point that there were repertoires other than the waltz in which the dominant ninth made inroads. Granted, these other repertoires--especially the polka--were directly influenced by the waltz practices of the 1820s and 1830s.

In general, marches were treated more traditionally than dance genres and the dominant ninth is relatively rare in them, but the Radetzky March, especially at the fast tempo it is usually heard today, is loosely aligned in its figures and expression with the galop, and figures from dance or theatrical music play a major role.

Note the parallelism of ^6-^5 over V then over I in the first strain (bars 5-6).

In the trio, we hear two direct resolutions of the ninth: see the arrows in the examples below:

First strain:

Second strain: