Editing Spinning wheel (section)

====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.