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Le Colibri

7 Mélodies, Op. 2 · No. 7

Ernest Chausson · 1879–82 · D♭ major · 40 bars · 66 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: D♭ major, B♭ minor, F minor, A♭ minor, A♭ major.