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Sérénade à Rosine, VWV 1137

6 Mélodies, VWV 1133-11371176 · No. 4

Pauline Viardot · F major · 89 bars · 138 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: F major.