La chanson du fou

20 Mélodies, Op. 21 · No. 12

Georges Bizet · G minor · 48 bars · 38 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: G minor.