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Chœur des Pastorale, DO.287

Poème pastoral · No. 1

Jules Massenet · F major · 83 bars · 108 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 major.