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Auf ein schlummerndes Kind

6 Lieder, Op. 5 · No. 2

Peter Cornelius · E♭ major · 33 bars · 58 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, D♯ minor, E♭ minor.