Gretchen am Spinnrade
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Gretchen am Spinnrade is a selection of text from Goethe's Faust. It was put to music by Schubert in 1814. It is written for a soprano and is a challenging work to perform. Elisabeth Schwarzkopf has recorded a performance of it.
Gretchen is singing at her spinning-wheel while thinking of Faust and all that he promises. The accompaniment mimics the spinning-wheel, speeding up and slowing down at certain parts of the song.
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