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Denn es gehet dem Menschen wie dem Vieh

4 Serious Songs, Op. 121 · No. 1

Johannes Brahms · D minor · 98 bars · 131 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: D minor, D major, A major, C♯ minor.