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Der Soldat I

Eichendorff-Lieder · No. 5

Hugo Wolf · 1880–88 · C major · 101 bars · 132 chords analysed

Hugo Wolf set poems by the Romantic poet Joseph von Eichendorff, picking the ones that let him draw vivid characters: serenaders, students and desperate lovers. 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: C major, E minor, D major, F♯ major, E major.