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In Lust und Schmerzen

Liebeslieder, Op. 4 · No. 1

Peter Cornelius · C minor · 107 bars · 140 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 minor, E♭ major, A♭ major, F minor, A minor, D major, C major, C♯ minor.