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Ariettes oubliées · No. 4

Claude Debussy · E major · 102 bars · 109 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, F major, B♭ major, B major, B minor, F♯ major, D♯ minor.