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Oh, the Summer

Song

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor · A♭ major · 125 bars · 145 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: A♭ major, F minor, E♭ major, D♭ major, B♭ minor.