Der Wanderer
Franz Schubert wrote five variation sets using his own lieder as themes. Amongst them is the slow movement of his string quartet "Death and the Maiden" D. 810, an intense set of variations on his somber lied (D. 531) of the same title. Schubert's Piano Quintet in A ("The Trout", D. 667) likewise includes variations on his song "The Trout" D. 550. The second movement of the Fantasie in C major comprises a set of variations on "Der Wanderer"; indeed the work as a whole takes its popular name from the lied.