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Komm, wir wandeln zusammen

Liebeslieder, Op. 4 · No. 2

Peter Cornelius · D♭ major · 48 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, F minor, C♯ major.