Talk:Du bist die Ruh'

"What could be more restful than silence?"

I am not sure what this silliness masquerading as depth is doing here (we're an encyclopaedia, not a repository of bad programme notes), but there is a great deal that could be so in this case, since the silence is preceded by a surprise cadence in IV. This is certainly a moment of surprising stillness, complete with the disappearance of the otherwise omnipresent semiquaver Bewegung, but it is precisely that stillness (in an unexpected place) that demands resolution. The vocal line cannot after all dangle on that high A-flat forever, and I should not like to try that. Double sharp (talk) 05:28, 19 May 2017 (UTC)