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5 Gedichte für eine Frauenstimme (Wesendonck-Lieder), WWV 91 · No. 1

Richard Wagner · G major · 45 bars · 40 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: G major, D major, A minor.