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Les Sept Ivresses · No. 7

Augusta Holmès · E♭ minor · 154 bars · 215 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♭ minor, E minor, D♭ major, B♭ minor, G♭ major, A♭ major.