Editing Spinning wheel (section)

===Music===
====Classical and symphonic====
In 1814, [[Franz Schubert]] composed "[[Gretchen am Spinnrade]]", a [[lied]] for piano and voice based on a poem from [[Goethe's Faust|Goethe's ''Faust'']]. the piano part depicts Gretchen's restlessness as she spins on a spinning wheel while waiting by a window for her love to return.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/composition/gretchen-am-spinnrade-meine-ruh-song-for-voice-piano-d-118-op-2-mc0002371159|title=Gretchen am Spinnrade ("Meine Ruh'..."), song for voice & piano, D. 118 (Op. 2) – Franz Schubert|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=8 August 2014}}</ref>

[[Antonín Dvořák]] composed ''[[The Golden Spinning Wheel (Dvořák)|The Golden Spinning Wheel]]'', a [[symphonic poem]] based on the folk ballad from ''[[Kytice]]'' by [[Karel Jaromír Erben]].

[[Camille Saint-Saëns]] wrote ''Le Rouet d'Omphale (Omphale's Spinning Wheel)'', symphonic poem in A major, Op. 31, a musical treatment of the classical story of [[Omphale]] and [[Heracles]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Reel |first=James |url=https://www.allmusic.com/work/le-rouet-domphale-symphonic-poem-in-a-major-op-31-c22702 |title=Le Rouet d'Omphale, symphonic poem in A major, Op. 31 – Camille Saint-Saëns|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=2012-04-05}}</ref>

A favorite [[piano]] work for students is [[Albert Ellmenreich|Albert Ellmenreich's]] ''Spinnleidchen (Spinning Song)'', from his 1863 ''Musikalische Genrebilder'', Op. 14.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://imslp.org/wiki/Musikalische_Genrebilder,_Op.14_(Ellmenreich,_Albert)|title=Musikalische Genrebilder, Op.14 (Ellmenreich, Albert| access-date=1 February 2016}}</ref> An [[ostinato]] of repeating melodic fifths represents the spinning wheel.

====Folk and ballad====
''The Spinning Wheel'' is also the title/subject of a classic Irish folk song by [[John Francis Waller]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://worldmusic.about.com/od/irishsonglyrics/p/The-Spinning-Wheel.htm |title=Worldmusic.about.com |publisher=Worldmusic.about.com |date=2011-04-04 |access-date=2012-04-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ireland-information.com/irishmusic/thespinningwheel.shtml |title=Ireland-information.com |publisher=Ireland-information.com |access-date=2012-04-05}}</ref>

A traditional Irish folk song, ''Túirne Mháire'', is generally sung in praise of the spinning wheel,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.worlds-finest-wool.com/history-of-the-spinning-wheel/|title=History of the spinning wheel|website=World's Finest Wool|date=2022}}</ref> but was regarded by [[Mrs Costelloe]], who collected it,<ref>{{cite book|author=Eibhlin Bean Mhic Choisdealbha|authorlink=Mrs Costelloe|title=Amhráin Mhuighe Seóla: Traditional Folksongs from Galway and Mayo|chapter=Song 43–45 Mary's Spinning Wheel|pages=80-83|date=1923|publisher=The Talbot Press Ltd|location=Dublin|url=https://archive.org/details/amhrinmhuighesel00cost/page/82/mode/2up}}</ref> as "much corrupted", and may have had a darker narrative.  It is widely taught in junior schools in Ireland.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.joeheaney.org/default.asp?contentID=1083 |title=Joe Heaney.org |publisher=Ollscoil na hÉireann, Gaillimh |date=2010–2011 |access-date=2014-08-23}}</ref>

''Sun Charkhe Di Mithi Mithi Kook'' is a [[Sufi]] song in the [[Punjabi language]] inspired by the traditional spinning wheel. It is an ode by a lover as she remembers her beloved with the sound of every spin of her Charkha. {{citation needed|date=June 2015}}

====Opera====
Spinning wheels also feature prominently in the [[Richard Wagner|Wagner]] opera ''[[The Flying Dutchman (opera)|The Flying Dutchman]]''; the second act begins with local girls sitting at their wheels and singing about the act of spinning.
Gilbert and Sullivan's ''[[The Yeomen of the Guard]]'' begins with a solitary character singing while spinning at her wheel, the first of their operettas not to open with a chorus.

====Art====
Spinning wheels may be found as motifs in art around the world, ranging from their status as domestic/utilitarian items to their more symbolic role (such as in India, where they may have political implications).