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The Song of The Sou’wester

Songs of the Fleet (Piano), Op. 117 · No. 2

Charles Villiers Stanford · C minor · 141 bars · 179 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: C minor, E♭ major, B♭ major, B major, F minor, C major.