Rastlose Liebe

"Rastlose Liebe" ("Restless Love") is a Lied composed by Franz Schubert and published in July 1821 as Op. 5, No. 1. In Otto Erich Deutsch's catalog it is D. 138. The Lied is based on a text by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, written during a snowstorm in the Thuringian Forest.

The song has been performed by both male and female voices. The tempo marking is "Schnell, mit Leidenschaft" (Fast, with Passion). The piece contains great dynamic variation.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ Saya, Virginia, and Richard Walters (ed). The Lieder Anthology. Milwaukee, WI: Hal Leonard Corporation, 2003. 174–78.