Great
Classical Music
Composers

Franz Peter SCHUBERT

31 January 1797 - 19 November 1828 (age 31)


Schubert portrait
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

Works

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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



Social Media

Yes he has a Myspace page! - click on the image

What is the best Schubert page on facebook, myspace or other social media sites? Let me know so I can add it here.


Links - Where to go for more information

The Schubert Institute - Lots of information
www.franzschubert.org.uk

Answers.com - includes Wikipedia
www.answers.com/topic/franz-schubert

Music-with-Ease
www.musicwithease.com/schubert.html

The Schubert Project - photos by Tomoko Yamamoto
www.tomoko-yamamoto.com/multimedia/schubert/Schubert_Project.html



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