"The Shepherd on the Rock" (German: Der Hirt auf dem Felsen), D. 965, is a Lied for soprano, clarinet, and piano by Franz Schubert. It was composed in 1828 during the final months of his life.
"The Shepherd on the Rock" (German: Der Hirt auf dem Felsen), D. 965, is a Lied for soprano, clarinet, and piano by Franz Schubert. It was composed in 1828 during the final months of his life.
Of the seven verses, the first four and the last came from the poetry of Wilhelm Müller, while verses five and six were attributed to Helmina von Chézy [1] but were written by Karl August Varnhagen von Ense. [2] [3]
The Lied, Schubert's penultimate composition, was written as a belated response to a request from the operatic soprano Anna Milder-Hauptmann, a friend of Schubert. She had requested a show-piece that would allow her to express a wide range of feelings, and he wrote it as thanks for her attempts to stage one of his operas in Berlin. [1] She received a copy of the score from Schubert's brother Ferdinand in September 1829, [4] and the work was published a year and a half after Schubert's death. Milder sang it for the first time at the House of the Blackheads in Riga on 10 February 1830. [5]
The Lied has three sections, with clarinet and voice equally challenged. The first, in B-flat major, is warm, as the lonely shepherd on the mountaintop listens to echoes rising from below. The second section grows dark as he expresses grief and loneliness; it starts in G minor, then modulates through A-flat major and A minor to G major. The short last section, returning to B-flat major, anticipates the coming of spring and, with it, rebirth.
| Wilhelm Müller – "Der Berghirt" (The Mountain Shepherd) | |
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Wenn auf dem höchsten Fels ich steh', | When, from the highest rock up here, |
| Varnhagen – "Nächtlicher Schall" (Nightly Sound) | |
In tiefem Gram verzehr ich mich, | I am consumed in misery, |
| Wilhelm Müller – "Liebesgedanken" (Love Thoughts) | |
Der Frühling will kommen, | The Springtime will come, |
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