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Cinq Mélodies, Op. 58 · No. 2

Gabriel Fauré · E♭ major · 47 bars · 73 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, D♭ major, A♭ minor.