it was written in 1818. Lyrics writer Christian is a German poet and musician. In this song, Schubert wrote it as a changing stanza song. The first two verses sing the same tune, and the piano plays an accompanying sound pattern describing trout swimming. With a lively melody, the song shows the innocent, sensitive and lively trout swimming in the water, while the witnesses affectionately appreciate the quiet and moving scenery on the shore, and the picture is indifferent and quiet; Then the fisherman came to the river with a fishing rod in his hand. His appearance destroyed the tranquility of nature, and the witnesses were uneasy, for fear that the little trout would be cheated. This emotion was tense. The first half of the third section describes that fishermen fish in troubled waters by cunning deception. The melody, harmony, tonal layout and accompaniment sound patterns have all changed, and the exciting recitation has been adopted. The music has thus reached a climax, and the second half has been restored to its original state. The witnesses watched helplessly as the trout was deceived and could not help. When singing, the feelings are strong, and the witnesses are full of anger. The same tune above shows three different emotions, timbre and dynamics, which makes people feel the dramatic and touching power of Trout.

in this song, Schubert not only created the image of trout swimming leisurely in the stream with the accompaniment sound, but also revealed the profound meaning of the lyrics with the narrative method of segmented songs. The author once made this song into a piano quintet in A major.

this is a "song of changing sections". The lyrics are divided into three paragraphs: the first paragraph describes a group of trout playing in a clear stream, and the second paragraph describes a fisherman standing quietly by the river fishing. The trout can see clearly and can't catch his hook. These two lyrics sing the same big tune. The third lyric describes the cunning fisherman who muddied the river and was able to fish in troubled waters. This lyric changes to a minor tune, but the last two sentences express the indignation of the bystander poet and return to the major, which is the same as the end of the first two paragraphs.

Main idea of the lyrics:

In the bright river, there is a small trout, swimming around happily like an arrow.

I stood on the bank of the river and looked at it quietly. How happily it swam in the clear river.

The fisherman stood beside the river bank with a fishing rod, looking at the river coldly, trying to catch the fish.

I secretly hope that as long as the river is clear and bright, he won't try to catch the light rain with a hook.

But the fisherman didn't want to wait and waste time, so he immediately muddied the river.

Before I could think about it, he had already lifted the fishing rod and caught the trout on the surface.

I am full of excitement to see the trout cheated.