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Schubert - Trout Quintet: 4th Movement - Andantino (Theme and variations) A quintet is a work for five instruments, in this case piano, violin, viola, cello and double bass (piano quintet). The fourth movement of this quintet is a theme and variations on Schubert's song 'Die Forelle' (The Trout). Schubert (1797-1828) was a prolific song / lied composer. Many of his songs took their inspiration from the beauty of nature; 'The Trout' being a good example. Much of his 'lieder' display pictorial word painting effects in either the vocal or piano writing - note the piano 'ripples' of the brook in the accompaniment of 'Die Forelle'. Schubert was inspired to write the quintet in 1819 while staying with a friend who was an amateur cellist. Schubert wrote out the parts while he was there, so it is likely that the friends performed it as soon as it was written. 'Die Forelle' Key: Db major Structure: Binary...

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