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The Sapphire

Songs of Love and Spring · No. 10

Liza Lehmann · E major · 29 bars · 45 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, F minor, A♭ major, D major.