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Larmes

4 Songs, Op. 51 · No. 1

Gabriel Fauré · C minor · 51 bars · 74 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: C minor, G major, A♭ minor, G♯ minor, F♯ minor, G minor.