Schubert, Franz

A nineteenth-century Austrian composer. Like Ludwig van Beethoven , he composed during the transition from the classic to the romantic period in music ( see romanticism ). He is known especially for his song cycles ( lieder ), usually written for solo voice and piano accompaniment. His best-known instrumental works are the “Unfinished” Symphony and the “Trout” Quintet .

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It has been said of Franz Schubert that “he had to write music.”

It was in 1813, when Franz Schubert was sixteen years old, that a great change came into his life.

Few composers have been so overweighted with poverty or so gifted with loneliness as Franz Schubert.

Even though these boys were a little older than Franz Schubert, let us always think of them together.

But from the time when Franz Schubert was a very little boy he had lessons every week for violin, voice, and piano.

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