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Le Balcon

Cinq Poëmes de Baudelaire · No. 1

Claude Debussy · E minor · 131 bars · 219 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 minor, C major, G minor, D major, F♯ major, D minor, F major, B minor, A major.