Quatre heures du matin

La mer · No. 1

Marie Jaëll · E♭ major · 63 bars · 69 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, B♭ major, F♯ major.