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Le bonheur s’effeuille et passe

4 Mélodies · No. 4

Marie Jaëll · E minor · 57 bars · 54 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 major, D♭ major, D minor, F minor, C major.