Romantic · 1814
Gretchen am Spinnrade
F. SchubertD. 118
- Key
- Dm
- Time
- 6/8
- Tempo
- ♩=88
- AO focus
- AO3
Incipit
Form
Lied — Schubert's first masterpiece (age 17). Through-composed setting of Goethe's Faust I. The piano spinning-wheel accompaniment is iconic.
Teaching points
- Spinning-wheel ostinato in piano
- Through-composed not strophic
- AO3: Schubert's compositional breakthrough at 17
Full score ↓Public domain
Breitkopf + Bärenreiter, PD.