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Think no more, lad

6 Songs from A Shropshire Lad · No. 4

George Butterworth · G♯ minor · 58 bars · 81 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: G♯ minor, A♭ minor, B♭ major, D♭ major, C♯ major.