In 1819, upon a suggestion that the composer should someday write this musical work, the composer immediately sat down and wrote the string sections, and later played the piano part from memory.
In 1819, upon a suggestion that the composer should someday write this musical work, the composer immediately sat down and wrote the string sections, and later played the piano part from memory. The first important composition of its type, it is written in five movements instead of the usual four. The first two movements are a series of themes with little development, the third and fifth movements are styled after Austrian peasant dances, while the fourth is a theme with five variations based on one of the composer's songs. Scored for violin, viola, cello, double-bass, and piano, FTP, what is this first-ever string quintet named for a type of animal and written by Franz Schubert?
In 1819, upon a suggestion that the composer should someday write this musical work, the composer immediately sat down and wrote the string sections, and later played the piano part from memory.
Trout quintet (or Die Forelle)