The Trout Song Essay

The Trout Song is among Franz Schubert’s over 600 songs and one that is a listeners’ favorite. It was one of his earliest compositions when he was just twenty-one years old. The Trout Song, mainly referred to as Die Forelle, in German, was composed way back around the year 1817 but it mostly echoed words from a poem written by another German Christian Schubart. The lyrics of Schubart’s poem as repeated in the Trout Song, are about a bystander who is watching a trout dart around in a small stream, but then a fisherman approaches without any remorse. The observer feels that the trout will be able to escape capture as the waters are clear and therefore will see the hook coming, but the fisherman makes the stream murky and manages to capture the trout, while the bystander can only look on in sheer anger. It is this twist from happiness to the melancholy that makes Die Forelle one of Franz Schubert’s most
Schubert composes a five-movement feature that starts off with piano, then goes on to include the other instruments, (cello, viola, violin and double bass). After a brief tranquil melody, lively tunes of folk dances follow and later the fourth movement, characterized by the theme of the trout song, Die Forelle, and concludes as all the instruments get their turn with the melody. The piano quintet is created an illuminating mood especially with the variations of the devices (Schwarm, “Trout Quintet”).
Die Forelle is a classy and charming musical piece. Its no wonder its composer emerged during the classical music era. Classical music is known to attract a myriad of the audience from young to old but mostly capturing the eyes of the educated middle age class. Traditionally, the white race has had a huge following of the classical music, but in some instances, there has been a mixture of