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Le chat sur le toit, Op.93

Song

Mel Bonis · B minor · 78 bars · 88 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 minor, A♭ major, D♯ minor, G♯ minor, E major, E♭ major, G major, C♯ minor, C♯ major, D♭ major.