Larmes

La mer · No. 6

Marie Jaëll · F♯ minor · 62 bars · 102 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, C♯ minor.