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When the Swallows Homeward Fly

3 Little Songs · No. 1

Maude Valérie White · B♭ major · 39 bars · 96 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: B♭ major.