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Mort de Socrate

Socrate · No. 3

Erik Satie · E minor · 294 bars · 704 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 minor, A major, D major, C major, E♭ major, G minor, G major, E major, F♯ minor, A minor.