The Lied was written as a belated response to a request from the operatic soprano Pauline Anna Milder-Hauptmann, a friend of Schubert. She had requested a showpiece that would allow her to express a wide range of feelings. It was published a year and a half after Schubert's death. Milder sang it for the first time at the House of the Blackheads in Riga on 10 February 1830.
| Original Name | Der Hirt auf dem Felsen |
| Librettist | Wilhelm Müller, Karl August Varnhagen von Ense |
| Date of composition | 1828 |
| First published | 1830 |
| Type | Lied |
| Tonality | B Major |
| Catalogue | D 965 |
| Approx. duration | 10 minutes |
| Instruments |
Voice
Clarinet Piano |
| Autotranslations beta |
Franz Schubert: The Shepherd on the Rock en si majeur, D 965 Franz Schubert: The Shepherd on the Rock in si maggiore, D 965 Franz Schubert: The Shepherd on the Rock H-dur, D 965 |