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9. Leise rieselt der Schnee
(Lyrics & melody: Eduard Ebel, 1839 – 1905)

Snow falls silently – made audible: the tones of the melody are gathered as a „tone cloud” and distributed among 5 instruments following a rising curve of density, so that they „fall” like snow-flakes.

Thus the melody accompanies itself over a steady fundamental (F) representing the ground.