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Im Walde

Liederkreis, Op. 39 · No. 11

Robert Schumann · A major · 50 bars · 38 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: A major, D major, F♯ major, G♯ minor, E major.