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Stehe still!

5 Gedichte für eine Frauenstimme (Wesendonck-Lieder), WWV 91 · No. 2

Richard Wagner · F minor · 95 bars · 97 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, C major, C minor, A♭ major, E♭ minor, A♭ minor, A minor, D major.