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Dichterliebe, Op. 48 · No. 2

Robert Schumann · 1840 · A major · 18 bars · 39 chords analysed

“A Poet's Love” sets 16 poems by Heinrich Heine, from the hope of spring to bitter disappointment. Schumann wrote it in 1840, his “year of song”, when he finally married Clara Wieck. The piano often has the last word.

Keys visited: A major, E major, F♯ minor.