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Le rêve de Jésus, VWV 1074

Song

Pauline Viardot · F minor · 107 bars · 148 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: F minor, E major, A♭ major, C minor, F major, D minor.