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Wehe, so willst du mich wieder

9 Lieder und Gesänge, Op. 32 · No. 5

Johannes Brahms · B minor · 35 bars · 49 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, F♯ major, D♯ minor.