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The Spirit’s Song, Hob.XXVIa:41

10 Canzonets · No. 3

Joseph Haydn · F minor · 95 bars · 114 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: F minor, A♭ major, B♭ minor.