Edition Peters published the song cycle Winterreise in at least four different keys. Each edition is not consistent with key relationships within the cycle. This chart shows the keys of the individual songs in each edition, followed by an indication of the number of semitones (half-steps) the song is transposed down from the original.
Editions used for this table were Lieder, Band I, plate numbers 9023 (original / high), 8846 (middle), 9434 (low), and 9350 (very low).
No. | Title | Original | Middle | Low | Very Low | Note |
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1 | Gute Nacht | D minor | C minor (-2) | B♭ minor (-4) | A minor (-5) | |
2 | Die Wetterfahne | A minor | G minor (-2) | F minor (-4) | D minor (-7) | |
3 | Gefrorne Tränen | F minor | D minor (-3) | D minor (-3) | B minor (-6) | |
4 | Erstarrung | C minor | A minor (-3) | G minor (-5) | G minor (-5) | |
5 | Der Lindenbaum | E major | E major (0) | D major (-2) | C major (-4) | |
6 | Wasserflut | E minor | D minor (-2) | C minor (-4) | B minor (-5) | |
7 | Auf dem Flusse | E minor | D minor (-2) | C minor (-4) | A minor (-7) | |
8 | Rückblick | G minor | F minor (-2) | E♭ minor (-4) | D minor (-5) | |
9 | Irrlicht | B minor | A minor (-2) | G minor (-4) | F minor (-6) | |
10 | Rast | C minor | B minor (-1) | A minor (-3) | G minor (-5) | |
11 | Frühlingstraum | A major | G major (-2) | F major (-4) | F major (-4) | |
12 | Einsamkeit | B minor | B minor (0) | A minor (-2) | G minor (-4) | |
13 | Die Post | E♭ major | C major (-3) | B major (-4) | G major (-8) | |
14 | Der greise Kopf | C minor | B minor (-1) | A minor (-3) | A minor (-3) | |
15 | Die Krähe | C minor | B minor (-1) | A minor (-3) | G minor (-5) | |
16 | Letzte Hoffnung | E♭ major | D major (-1) | C major (-3) | B♭ major (-5) | |
17 | Im Dorfe | D major | D major (0) | C major (-2) | B♭ major (-4) | |
18 | Der stürmische Morgen | D minor | D minor (0) | C minor (-2) | B minor (-3) | |
19 | Täuschung | A major | A major (0) | G major (-2) | G major (-2) | |
20 | Der Wegweiser | G minor | F minor (-2) | E♭ minor (-4) | D minor (-5) | |
21 | Das Wirtshaus | F major | F major (0) | E♭ major (-2) | D major (-3) | |
22 | Mut! | G minor | F♯ minor (-1) | F minor (-2) | D minor (-5) | |
23 | Die Nebensonnen | A major | G major (-2) | F major (-4) | F major (-4) | |
24 | Der Leiermann | A minor | G minor (-2) | F minor (-4) | F minor (-4) |