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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Franz Schubert''' was an Austrian composer of the late Classical and the early Romantic periods. He is celebrated for his songs and for his chamber music and symphonies.<br />
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== Early Life and Education ==<br />
Schubert was born in Vienna in 1797, the son of a schoolmaster. He was one of the fourteen children of the family.<br />
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He showed an early talent for the music and was educated at the Imperial and Royal City College. He studied with Antonio Salieri and played the violin in the family quartet.<br />
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He trained as a schoolteacher and worked in his father's school. He soon abandoned the teaching to devote himself to the composition.<br />
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== The Songs ==<br />
Schubert composed more than six hundred songs, which are the foundation of his reputation. The songs set the poetry of Goethe, Schiller, and other writers.<br />
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Gretchen am Spinnrade and the Erlkönig were composed in 1814 when he was seventeen. The works transformed the genre of the art song.<br />
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He developed the song cycle in the song collections Die schöne Müllerin and Winterreise. The cycles tell a continuous story through the sequence of the songs.<br />
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He used the piano accompaniment to express the mood and the imagery of the poem. The technique became a model for the later composers of the Lied.<br />
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== The Instrumental Works ==<br />
Schubert composed nine symphonies, of which the Unfinished and the Great C major are the most famous. The Unfinished was left incomplete at his death.<br />
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The chamber music includes the String Quintet in C major and the Death and the Maiden quartet. The works are among the greatest of the chamber repertoire.<br />
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He composed the piano sonatas and the impromptus and the moments musicaux. The works display the lyrical and the harmonic gifts.<br />
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The music is characterised by the melodic invention and the expressive harmony. He anticipated the harmonic language of the later Romantic composers.<br />
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== The Later Years and the Legacy ==<br />
Schubert struggled with the poverty and the ill health throughout his life. He contracted the syphilis in 1822 and suffered from the symptoms.<br />
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He gave one public concert of his works in 1828 and it was a success. He died in November of that year at the age of thirty-one.<br />
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He was buried in the Währing cemetery near the grave of Beethoven, whom he had admired. His remains were later moved to the Zentralfriedhof in Vienna.<br />
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He is regarded as one of the greatest of the song composers and a master of the instrumental music. His works were championed by Schumann, Brahms, and Mendelssohn.<br />
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== The Songs and the Cycles ==<br />
Schubert composed more than six hundred songs. The works set the poetry of Goethe and Schiller and other writers.<br />
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He developed the song cycle in the Die schöne Müllerin and the Winterreise. The cycles tell a continuous story through the sequence of the songs.<br />
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He used the piano accompaniment to express the mood and the imagery. The technique became a model for the later composers of the Lied.<br />
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== The Chamber Music and the Piano ==<br />
Schubert composed the String Quintet in C major and the Death and the Maiden quartet. The works are among the greatest of the chamber repertoire.<br />
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He composed the piano sonatas and the impromptus and the moments musicaux. The works display the lyrical and the harmonic gifts.<br />
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He composed the symphonies, of which the Unfinished and the Great C major are the most famous. The works are the pillars of the orchestral repertoire.<br />
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== The Honours and the Memory ==<br />
Schubert was buried in the Währing cemetery near the grave of Beethoven. His remains were later moved to the Zentralfriedhof in Vienna.<br />
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The Schubert Museum in Vienna occupies the house where he was born. It contains the collection of his manuscripts and the instruments.<br />
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He is regarded as one of the greatest of the song composers. His works were championed by Schumann, Brahms, and Mendelssohn.<br />
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== The Circle of Friends ==<br />
Schubert was surrounded by a circle of the friends and the admirers. The group met for the evenings of the music and the conversation.<br />
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The friends included the poets and the painters and the singers. They supported him and promoted his work.<br />
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The Schubertiads were the informal concerts of his works. The gatherings were held in the houses of the friends.<br />
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== The Health and the Death ==<br />
Schubert contracted the syphilis in 1822 and suffered from the symptoms. The illness affected his health and his spirits.<br />
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He gave one public concert of his works in 1828 and it was a success. He died in November of that year at the age of thirty-one.<br />
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He was buried in the Währing cemetery near the grave of Beethoven. His remains were later moved to the Zentralfriedhof in Vienna.<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* Romantic music<br />
* Art song<br />
* Song cycle<br />
* Chamber music<br />
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== References ==<br />
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<ref name="r1">Brown, Maurice J. E. Schubert: A Critical Biography. London: Macmillan, 1958.</ref><br />
<ref name="r2">Deutsch, Otto Erich. Schubert: A Documentary Biography. London: Dent, 1946.</ref><br />
<ref name="r3">Solomon, Maynard. Schubert. New York: Schirmer Books, 1998.</ref><br />
<ref name="r4">Newbould, Brian. Schubert: The Music and the Man. London: Gollancz, 1997.</ref><br />
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