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Schubert's "Die Forelle" is a lively art song depicting a trout caught by a cunning fisherman, symbolizing innocence betrayed. The piano accompaniment mimics the bubbling brook and the trout's movements, showcasing Schubert's genius in text-painting.

Franz Schubert's "Die Forelle" is a celebrated Lied (art song) from the Romantic era, setting to music a poem by Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart. Its lively melody and thematic connection to nature made it iconic. The song later inspired Schubert's "Trout Quintet" (D.667).

Schubert's lively setting of "Die Forelle" became one of his most popular lieder, later reused in his "Trout Quintet". The omitted verse warned young women about deceitful men, but Schubert's version focuses on the trout's fate.