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So White, so Soft, so Sweet is She

4 Old English Lyrics · No. 2

Frederick Delius · A minor · 28 bars · 65 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: A minor, E major, F♯ minor.