Daughter of Egypt, veil thine eyes

2 Songs, Op. 16 · No. 2

Eleanor Everest Freer · E major · 29 bars · 25 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, C♯ major, D♭ major.