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Scène d’Hermione, VWV 1007

Song

Pauline Viardot · B♭ major · 153 bars · 221 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: B♭ major, E♭ minor, A♭ minor, G♭ major, F♯ minor, G minor, A♭ major, E major, D minor, C major, F major, C minor.