"Rastlose Liebe" ("Restless Love") is aLied composed byFranz Schubert and published in July 1821 as Op. 5, No. 1. InOtto Erich Deutsch'scatalog it is D138. The song, dedicated toAnton Salieri, is based on a text byJohann Wolfgang von Goethe, written during a snowstorm in theThuringian Forest.
Schubert made two settings of "Rastlose Liebe": the first, composed 19 May 1815, (original key: E major), was published as Op. 5 No. 1. Its first public performance was given by the tenorLudwig Titze at aGesellschaft der Musikfreunde concert inVienna, on 29 January 1824.[1]
The song has been performed by both male and female voices. The tempo marking of the first version is "Schnell, mit Leidenschaft" (Fast, with passion). The piece contains great dynamic variation.[2]
The second setting, in D major, tempo 'Schnell', written in 1821, was published in 1970 in part IV, volume 1 of theNew Schubert Edition.
The poem was also set byRobert Schumann in his Sechs Lieder (Op. 33) and byAnna Schuppe in her “Rastlose Liebe.”[3]
| D | Op. pbl | AGA (@IMSLP) | NSA | Name | Lyrics (The LiederNet Archive) | Date | Additional info |
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| 138 | 5,1 (1821) (1970) | XX, 3No. 177 | IV, 1 | Rastlose Liebe | Dem Schnee, dem Regen, dem Wind entgegen | 19/5/1815 May 1821 | Text by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Two versions: 1st version, in AGA, is Op. 5 No. 1 |
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