La Gloire

Les Sept Ivresses · No. 3

Augusta Holmès · E major · 63 bars · 93 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, A♭ major, E♭ major, B♭ minor, D♭ major.