Franz Schubert

Life of Franz Schubert. Franz Peter Schubert (Schubert) is one of the great Austrian composers in the Romantic era. He is famous for songwriting, which he has written over 600 songs (Burkholder 598). He was born in 1797 in Himmelpfortgrund, the suburbs of Vienna, Austria with the great talent in music (Brown). His father, Franz Theodor Schubert, was a schoolmaster and an amateur musician. Schubert’s father was teaching music to his own children by himself. Shubert started showing his great music

Ernst Schulze A poet of Franz Schubert Franz Schubert had an enthusiasm for the poetry of Ernst Konrad Friedrich Schulze (1789-1817). Schulze 's poems have a recurring theme of erotomania, defined as a being an excessive sexual desire or a delusional belief that one is the object of another person 's love or sexual desire. This gives us significant insight into the source of his inspiration for his works and adds an interesting side of Schulze as a man. In his poetry, Schulze’s most personal experiences

Franz Peter Schubert, born January 31, 1797, is accredited as one of the most gifted musicians of the 19th century (“SCHUBERT”), and is considered to be the last composer of the classical era and one of the first romantic composers (The Biography). His relentlessly impoverished life was short in comparison to many people of the era – his death was on November 19, 1828 (two months shy of his 32nd birthday) – and his music was generally unrecognized and unappreciated during his time, but his exemplification

composer Franz Schubert is often regarded as a master composer of songs. He is also known for creative and unexpected movement between keys in his compositions. Dying at a tragically young age, Schubert managed to release an enormous body of works, publishing over two-hundred songs while alive. Despite this already impressive output of songs, nothing stopped Schubert from composing symphonies, chamber music, and solo works as well. Close analysis of his music reveals how skillfully Schubert was able

FRANZ SCHUBERTMusic Appreciation Section 02 FRANZ SCHUBERT “I HAVE COME INTO THE WORLD FOR NO OTHER PURPOSE BUT TO COMPOSE” It was Franz Peter Schubert, who said to a friend “I have come into the world for no other purpose but to compose”. For someone to be so certain, focused and dedicated at such a young age with extraordinary talent and promise, finding out more about Schubert’s life and astonishing music was a must for me. Franz Peter Schubert was bone in Vienna, on January 31, 1797

Biography of Franz Schubert *No Works Cited Many prominent musicians produced major works during the romantic period. Among these are Beethoven, Strause, and Bach. But the musician that I think had the most impact, was Franz Schubert. Franz Peter, born on 31 January 1797 was one of fourteen children born of Franz Theodore Schubert and Elisabeth Vietz, four of which survived. He grew up in an apartment that daily converted to a classroom

(1) Franz Schubert composed Gretchen am Spinnrade (Gretchen at the Spinning Wheel) in 1814, when he was only seventeen years old. The song is sung by a soprano, and the only accompaniment to the voice is a piano playing a constant rhythmic pattern (“OnMusic”). (2) Schubert was one of the most prominent composers in the Romantic era. He was the first composer to live off only the money he got from composing. He wrote many compositions during his short lifetime, especially art songs (“OnMusic”).

Franz Peter Schubert was born on January 31, 1797 in Himmelpfortgrund, Austria. The parents of F.P. Schubert were Franz Theodor Schubert, a school master, and Elizabeth Vietz, a domestic servant in Vienna and homemaker. Schubert’s father taught him how to play the violin while his older brother Ignaz Schubert taught him how to play the piano, even though Schubert’s family taught him how to play certain instruments his soprano voice did not go unnoticed. (Machlis, Joseph, and Kristine Forney) Schubert

most famous composers studied today, Schubert was not so loved in his time as a composer; in fact his music wasn’t appreciated until long after he had perished. Can there be a reason for this, and is the reason that he was so unloved be the same reasoning for which he wrote his works? Life experiences are an artist’s greatest muse and one can expect that Schubert was no exception to this rule that has powered composers alike for centuries. What could fuel Schubert to become a great composer and did

The Power of the Elf King Franz Schubert (1797-1828) was not a particularly well-known composer during his lifetime, however, that did not stop him from leaving his mark on the musical world. He radically redefined the role of composers in German lieder. Unlike his predecessors, Schubert believed that part of a composer’s job was to help the listener interpret the poem. He believed that part of his responsibility was to write the melody and the accompaniment in a way that helped to clarify the