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Nun hast du mir den ersten Schmerz getan

Frauenliebe und Leben, Op. 42 · No. 8

Robert Schumann · 1840 · D minor · 43 bars · 79 chords analysed

Eight poems by Adelbert von Chamisso follow a woman from first love through marriage and motherhood to widowhood. Schumann composed the cycle in 1840, the year of his own marriage.

Keys visited: D minor, B♭ major.