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Der Zwerg, D.771

Op. 22 · No. 1

Franz Schubert · A minor · 150 bars · 206 chords analysed

Schubert wrote more than 600 songs in a short life, turning the German Lied into a major art form. 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: A minor, C minor, B minor, C major, B♭ minor, A major, F♯ major.