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Ici-bas tous les lilas meurent, VWV 1176

6 Mélodies, VWV 1133-1137/1176 · No. 3

Pauline Viardot · D minor · 44 bars · 46 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: D minor, D major.