Die Forelle - Franz Schubert + "Fur le nozze a lei funeste" - Donizetti

"Die Forelle" ("The Trout") Op.32 (D.550) is a lively lied written in 1817 by Franz Schubert (1797-1828). This immensely popular piece is for solo voice and piano. The lyrics it is set to are from a poem by Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart. The piece is written with a Varied Strophic structure, meaning the "verse music" is generally the same, with one different verse.
The song is the basis of a set of variations in the fourth movement of Schubert's Trout Quintet (D.667) which dates from 1819.

"Ah, by Bacchus, with this aria I shall receive universal applause. People will say to me, Bravo maestro!
I, in a very modest manner, shall walk about with bowed head; Ill have rave reviewsI can become immortal
My mind is vast, my genius swift...
And at composing, a thunderbolt am I."
(From a poem composed by 14-year-old Gaetano Donizetti)

In 1846 it was transcribed and paraphrased by Franz Liszt in two versions for solo piano.

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