Franz Schubert
composer

Franz Schubert

  • January 31, 1797 Vienne (Austria) - November 19, 1828 Vienna (Austria)

Biography

Franz Schubert the genious

A contemporary of Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz Schubert spent his entire life simply and modestly in Vienna. His father had destined him for a career as a schoolteacher but his musical gifts overshadowed everything else as Schubert composed his first works aged twelve and his first masterpiece at seventeen, Gretchen am Spinnrade. From 1815 onwards, the composer entirely devoted himself to his music and left an immense work comprising more than six hundred Lieder, fifteen operas, nine symphonies and numerous sonatas and chamber music.

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Erich Leinsdorf conducts Schubert, Schumann and Wagner
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The Borodin Quartet plays Schubert and Brahms
The Borodin Quartet plays Schubert and Brahms

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