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Wenn ich mit Menschen- und mit Engelzungen redete

4 Serious Songs, Op. 121 · No. 4

Johannes Brahms · E♭ major · 99 bars · 177 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: E♭ major, F minor, E♭ minor, B major.