"Rastlose Liebe" ("Restless Love") is a

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composed by

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and published in July 1821 as Op. 5, No. 1. In

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it is D138. The song, dedicated to Anton Salieri, is based on a text by

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German poet, playwright, novelist, scientist, statesman, theatre director, and critic. His works include plays, poetry, literature, and aesthetic criticism, as well as trea ...

, written during a snowstorm in the

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. 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 tenor

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at a

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concert in

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, on 29 January 1824. 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. The second setting, in D major, tempo 'Schnell', written in 1821, was published in 1970 in part IV, volume 1 of the

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. The poem was also set by

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in his Sechs Lieder (Op. 33) and by

Anna Schuppe Anna Marie Wilhelmine Antonie Leopoldine Benfey Schuppe (September 19, 1829 - May 27, 1903) was an Austrian author and composer who wrote songs, operas, and music for theatre. She published under the names Anna Benfey Schuppe and Anna Benfey. Schup ...

in her “Rastlose Liebe.”

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{{Authority control Lieder composed by Franz Schubert 1815 songs Musical settings of poems by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe