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Möcht’ im Walde mit dir geh’n

Liebeslieder, Op. 4 · No. 3

Peter Cornelius · G minor · 89 bars · 67 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: G minor, G major, D minor, B♭ major, A minor.