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Die Mainacht

4 Songs, Op. 43 · No. 2

Johannes Brahms · E♭ major · 52 bars · 82 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, E♭ minor, D♯ minor, F♯ major, G♭ major.