It is renowned that Schubert created “Gretchen am Spinnrade” in Vienna on October 19, 1814. It is renowned that the day before he composed this recital Schubert came to a huge commemoration to assess the first celebration of the German/Austrian beat of Napoleon at the assault of Leibzig. This commemoration might have motivated Schubert to present his own little German/Austrian collaboration by composing a recital founded on a text by Germany's utmost dwelling writer. Gretchen am Spinnrade was set to the text of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, a dramatist and ...