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Ich grolle nicht

Dichterliebe, Op. 48 · No. 7

Robert Schumann · 1840 · C major · 36 bars · 69 chords analysed

“I bear no grudge” — the singer insists he is not bitter while the pounding chords say otherwise.

“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: C major, A minor, B minor.