Great
Classical Music
Composers

Franz Peter SCHUBERT

31 January 1797 - 19 November 1828 (age 31)

Portrait by Paul Helm ©
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The Austrian composer Schubert led a short but highly productive life. He is best known for his lieder (songs for piano and voice) but composed work for most musical genres.

Family

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Family

Born: Vienna, Austria 31 January 1797
Father: Franz Theodor Schubert, schoolmaster
Mother: Elizabeth Vietz, domestic servant
Siblings: 13 but only 4 survived infancy
Partners: none
Children: none
Died: 19 November 1828, Vienna
Cause: syphilis
Grave: Wahringer Friedhof, Vienna but
in 1888 exhumed and transferred to:
Centralfriedhof in Vienna
see Find-a-grave

Works

Period: Early Romantic
Almost 1000 works of which over 600 songs
* 7 Symphonies (plus the "Unfinished Symphony)
* 21 piano sonatas
* 30 chamber works
* 6 masses
* 5 operas
Best known:
- Ave Maria
- The Unfinished Symphony
- The Trout Quintet

A Video Documentary

An interesting documentary on the life and music of Schubert by 'How Stuff Works'.
It lasts about 35 minutes and opens in a new window.
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