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Love blows as the wind blows

Song

George Butterworth · E♭ major · 259 bars · 280 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, A♭ major, A♭ minor, D major, G minor, B major, A minor, E minor, C♯ minor, F♯ major, D minor, F major, G major.