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My Song Is of the Sturdy North

3 Spring Songs · No. 3

Edward German · D minor · 79 bars · 154 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: D minor, A minor, G major, A major.