What is the literary source fo Schubert’s Lied “Gretchen am Spinnrade”?
Goethe’s Faust
How does Schubert depict the spinning wheel in this song?
Piano
How is Gretchen’s memory of her lover depicted in the music?
The spinning stops as she remembers his kiss. Explores relationship between memory and present; memory wins out.
Name one famous song cycle by Robert Schumann.
Dichterliebe