00:00 Piano begins with a galloping theme in the bass.
00:23 The narrator tells of the father and son in a hurried  journey home.
00:57 The father asks what his son sees.
01:04 The son replies that he sees the Erlking.
01:21 The father says it is only an image in the mist.
01:31 The Erlking invites the son to join him, the melody is  light and soothing, vocal range is higher and floats  above the accompaniment.
01:55 The boy yells out in fright, the vocal range is more  strained.
02:08 The father tries to comfort the child, a lower vocal range.
02:18 The Erlking again tells the boy that they will sing and  dance in a wonderful world.
02:37 The son yells again in fright.
02:49 The father again tries to comfort him.
03:00 Brief piano interlude.
03:07 The Erlking continues to call the boy.
03:18 Desperate screams from the boy.
03:33 The narrator enters telling of the panic of the father.
03:57 "In his arms, the child was dead."
04:11 End.