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The Celestial Weaver

5 Songs from the Chinese Poets, 1st Series · No. 4

Granville Bantock · C major · 88 bars · 108 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: C major, C♯ minor, A♭ minor, E minor, B minor, B major, F♯ minor, F♯ major.