Franz Schubert
Gretchen am Spinnrade
Duration: 4'
Bearbeitung: Paolo Fradiani
Solos:
high voice
Instrumentation details:
violin I
violin II
viola
violoncello
double bass
Gretchen am Spinnrade
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Franz Schubert
Hohe Stimme (Gretchen am Spinnrade)
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Type: Solostimme(n)
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Work introduction
"Gretchen am Spinnrade" (Gretchen at the Spinning Wheel), Op. 2, D 118, is a Lied composed by Franz Schubert using the text from Part One, scene 15 of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust. With "Gretchen am Spinnrade" and some 600 other songs for voice and piano, Schubert contributed transformatively to the genre of Lied. "Gretchen am Spinnrade" was composed for soprano voice but has been transposed to accommodate other voice types. Schubert composed "Gretchen am Spinnrade" on 19 October 1814, three months before his eighteenth birthday.
The arrangement is set for voice & string quintet or string orchestra
What is necessary to perform this work?
Minimum instrumentation requirements:
2 Violins
1 Viola
1 Violoncello
1 Double bass
1 Voice