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Socrate · No. 1

Erik Satie · F♯ minor · 176 bars · 160 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, D minor, B minor, A major, D major, C major, G major, B♭ major, E minor, A minor.