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Hymne

3 Songs, Op. 7 · No. 2

Gabriel Fauré · G major · 76 bars · 85 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 major, C major, B major, B minor.