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Mel Bonis · A minor · 54 bars · 133 chords analysed

A song (in German, a Lied) sets a poem for voice and piano. The piano is a full partner: it paints the scene, the weather and the singer's mood. This score comes from the OpenScore Lieder Corpus, a free collection of 19th-century songs that includes many women composers.

Keys visited: A minor, C major, E major, G major, C♯ minor, G♯ minor, B major, E minor, D major.