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Bredon Hill

Bredon Hill and Other Songs · No. 1

George Butterworth · C major · 122 bars · 173 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: C major, F major, G♭ major, F♯ major, G♯ minor, G major, D major, C♯ minor, C minor, G minor.