Ex. 8-7: Er ist gekommen in Sturm und Regen

From Clara Schumann's Lieder (Op. 12), composed in 1841 to a poem by Friedrich Rückert. Clara's Op. 12 contains three songs, all of which were also included in her husband Robert's song cycle Liebesfrühling (Love's Spring, Op. 37) — a joint publication by the couple.

This song appears as No. 2 in Robert's Op. 37. The other two Clara songs appear as Nos. 4 and 11. The joint opus was a wedding-year project: Robert and Clara married in September 1840, and both were composing songs intensively during this period.

"He comes in storm and rain — my heart beats anxiously toward him. How could I foresee that his path would join mine? He boldly took my heart. Did he take mine? Or did I take his? The two hearts drew toward each other. Now spring's blessing has come. My friend travels on, and I watch serenely — for he is mine on every road."