@& Franz Schubert Country Austria Birth Jan 31, 1797 in Vienna, Austria Death Nov 19, 1828 in Vienna, Austria Period Romantic Composition Types All Works (1139) Vocal Music (678) Keyboard Music (181) Choral Music (166) Chamber Music (67) Opera (19) Symphony (13) Orchestral Music (10) Concerto (2) Franz Peter Schubert was born into a musical family. He began his earliest musical training studying with his father and brothers. Having passed an audition, Schubert enrolled at the Convict school that trained young vocalists to eventually sing at the chapel of The Imperial Court. Schubert began to explore composition and wrote a song that came to the attention of the institution's director, Antonio Salieri , who along with the school's professor of harmony, hailed young Schubert as a genius. In 1813, after Schubert 's voice broke, he returned to live with his father, who directed him to follow in his footsteps and become a schoolteacher. Schubert begrudgingly complied and worked miserably in that capacity by day, while composing prolifically by night. He had written more than 100 songs as well as numerous symphonic, operatic, and chamber music scores, before he reached the age of 20. Schubert finally left his teaching position to dedicate himself completely to musical pursuits. During the summer of 1818, the young composer
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@&Franz Schubert
Country AustriaBirth Jan 31, 1797 in Vienna, AustriaDeath Nov 19, 1828 in Vienna, AustriaPeriod Romantic
Composition Types
All Works (1139) Vocal Music (678) Keyboard Music (181) Choral Music (166) Chamber Music (67) Opera (19) Symphony (13) Orchestral Music (10) Concerto (2)
Franz Peter Schubert was born into a musical family. He began his earliest musical training studying with his father and brothers. Having passed an audition, Schubert enrolled at the Convict school that trained young vocalists to eventually sing at the chapel of The Imperial Court. Schubert began to explore composition and wrote a song that came to the attention of the institution's director, Antonio Salieri, who along with the school's professor of harmony, hailed young Schubert as a genius. In 1813, af-ter Schubert's voice broke, he returned to live with his father, who directed him to follow in his footsteps and become a schoolteacher. Schu-bert begrudgingly complied and worked miser-ably in that capacity by day, while composing
prolifically by night. He had written more than 100 songs as well as nu-merous symphonic, operatic, and chamber music scores, before he reached the age of 20. Schubert finally left his teaching position to dedi-cate himself completely to musical pursuits. During the summer of 1818, the young composer worked as a private music teacher to the aristocratic Esterházy family. When he left that post in the fall, Schubert lived a some-what bohemian lifestyle, composing and spending time with a group of friends that acted as his personal support system. In 1820, Schubert was commissioned by two opera houses, the Karthnerthor Theatre and The-atre-an-der-Wein, to compose a pair of operas. He wrote Zwillingsbruden, and Zauberharfe, both of which were unenthusiastically received. Schu-bert failed to secure a contract with a publisher, as none were willing to take a chance on a relatively unknown composer who wrote (harmoni-cally) untraditional music. Schubert, along with the support of his artistic
friends, published his own work for a collection of roughly 100 sub-scribers. These efforts, however, were financially unrewarding, and Schu-bert struggled to sustain himself. His work garnered little attention and contemporary composers dismissed his music as presumptuous and im-mature. In 1823, Schubert was elected to the Musikverein of Graz, as an honorary member. Though this brought no financial reward and was an in-consequential appointment, Schubert relished its slight recognition, and to show his gratitude, composed his famous Unfinished Symphony. Five years later, Schubert's music was featured at a concert at Vienna's Musikverein. His work was received quite enthusiastically, and to much critical acclaim. This marked the only time during the composer's life that he enjoyed such success. This seemed to provide Schubert with a re-newed sense of optimism, and despite illness, the composer continued to produce at an incredible rate. He began to organize a scheme to increase his artistic popularity, by continuing to evaluate his work and progress as a musician, perhaps even planning to study harmony privately. Schubert's health did not improve, and he soon found himself at death's door. During the composer's last moments, he instructed his brother Ferdinand to en-sure that he would be buried alongside Ludwig van Beethoven's grave. Schubert revered the legendary composer, and was grateful to him, as Beethoven had praised his work after hearing a selection of songs. Schu-bert also highly regarded the work of both Franz Joseph Haydn and Wolf-gang Amadeus Mozart. Franz Schubert died of syphilis. Despite his short life, Schubert produced a wealth of symphonies, operas, masses, cham-ber music pieces, and piano sonatas, most of which are considered stan-dard repertoire. He is known primarily for composing hundreds of songs including Gretchen am Spinnrade, and Erlkonig. He pioneered the song cycle with such works as Die Schöne Müllerin, and Die Winterreise, and greatly affected the vocal writing of both Robert Schumann and Gustav Mahler. -- David Brensilver
All Works (1139) Keyboard Music (181)
1816Adagio for piano in C major (frag-ment), D. 349
Adagio for Keyboard
1816Adagio for piano in D flat major, D. 505 (Op. posth. 145/1)
Adagio for Keyboard
1818 Adagio for piano in E major, D. 612 Adagio for Keyboard 1815 04 08
Adagio for piano in G major (first ver-sion), D. 178
Adagio for Keyboard
1816?Allegretto for piano in C major (frag-ment), D. 346
Allegro for Keyboard
1827Allegretto for piano in C minor (frag-ment), D. 900
Allegro for Keyboard
1827 05 24
Allegretto for piano in C minor, D. 915 Allegro for Keyboard
1816Allegretto moderato for piano in C ma-jor (fragment), D. 347
Allegro for Keyboard
1828 05 Allegro for piano, 4 hands in A minor ("Lebensstürme"), D. 947 (Op. posth.
Allegro moderato and Andante, for pi-ano, 4 hands "Sonatine", D. 968
Music for Four Hands at One Keyboard
1818? Andante for piano, in A major, D. 604 Andante for Keyboard 1812 09 09
Andante for piano, in C major, D. 29 Andante for Keyboard
1816?Andantino for piano in C major (frag-ment), D348
Andante for Keyboard
1825ca. Cotillon for piano in E flat, D. 976 Music for Keyboard Dances and Marches for Piano Music for Keyboard
ca. 1825Divertissement for piano, 4 hands, in E minor ("à la française"), D. 823 (Op. 84/1 & 2, Op. 63/1)
Music for Four Hands at One Keyboard
1824 ?Divertissement à la hongroise for pi-ano, 4 hands in G Minor, D. 818 (Op. 54)
Music for Four Hands at One Keyboard
1815 02 21
Écossaise for piano in D minor/F ma-jor, D. 158
Ecosse/Ecossaise for Keyboard
1823 01 Écossaise for piano in D major, D. 782 Ecosse/Ecossaise for Keyboard
ca. 1817Écossaise for piano in E flat major, D. 511
Ecosse/Ecossaise for Keyboard
1815 ? Écossaises (12) for piano, D. 299 Ecosse/Ecossaise for Keyboard 1823 01 Écossaises (12/11) for piano, D. 781 Ecosse/Ecossaise for Keyboard 1824 09 Écossaises (3) for piano, D. 816 Ecosse/Ecossaise for Keyboard 1816 05 Écossaises (6) for piano, D. 421 Ecosse/Ecossaise for Keyboard
1820 05Écossaises (6) for piano, D. 697 (D. 145)
Ecosse/Ecossaise for Keyboard
1817 02 Écossaises (8) for piano, D. 529 Ecosse/Ecossaise for Keyboard Écossaises (8) for piano, D. 977 Ecosse/Ecossaise for Keyboard ca. 1812 Excercises in Imitation, D. 16 Music for Keyboard ca. 1812 Exercises in Counterpoint, D. 25 Music for Keyboard
1818 ?Fantasia for piano in C major ("Grazer Fantasie"), D. 605a
Fantasy/Fantasia for Keyboard
1822 11Fantasia for piano in C major ("Wan-derer"), D. 760 (Op. 15)
Fantasy/Fantasia for Keyboard
1821 -1823
Fantasia for piano in C major (frag-ment), D. 605
Fantasy/Fantasia for Keyboard
1811Fantasia for piano in C minor, D. 2e (D. 993)
Fantasy/Fantasia for Keyboard
1813Fantasia for piano, 4 hands in C minor ("Grande sonate") (two versions), D. 48
Music for Four Hands at One Keyboard
1810Fantasia for piano, 4 hands in G major, D. 1
Music for Four Hands at One Keyboard
1811 09 20
Fantasia for piano, 4 hands in G minor, D. 9
Music for Four Hands at One Keyboard
1828Fantasia for piano, 4 hands in F minor, D. 940 (Op. 103)
Music for Four Hands at One Keyboard
1813Fugal sketches for piano in B flat ma-jor, D. 37a
Fugue for Keyboard
1812 ? Fugue for organ in G major, D. 24b Fugue for Keyboard
Fugue for piano duet (or organ duet) in E Minor, D. 952 (Op. posth. 152)
Fugue for Keyboard
ca. 1812 Fugue for piano in D minor, D. 13 Fugue for Keyboard
1822 c.Galop & Écossaises (8) for piano, D. 735 (Op. 49)
Ecosse/Ecossaise for Keyboard
1819German Dance in C sharp minor and Ecossaise in D flat, for piano, D. 643
Folk Dance for Keyboard
1821 03 08
German Dance for piano in G flat ma-jor, D. 722
Folk Dance for Keyboard
German Dance for piano in D major, D. 975
Ländler/German Dance for Key-board
1823 -1824
German Dances (2) for piano, D. 769 Waltz for Keyboard
1816 05 ?
German Dances (12) for piano, D. 420 Folk Dance for Keyboard
1818German Dances (3) for piano, 4 hands (first dance with 2 trios and coda), D. 618
Music for Four Hands at One Keyboard
1824 11 c.
German Dances (16) and Ecossaises (2) for piano, D. 783 (Op. 33)
Folk Dance for Keyboard
1823 05German Dances (12) for piano (Ländler), D. 790 (Op. posth. 171)
Folk Dance for Keyboard
1824 10 German Dances (6) for piano, D. 820 Folk Dance for Keyboard 1825 04 German Dances (2) for piano, D. 841 Folk Dance for Keyboard German Dances (3) for piano, D. 971 Folk Dance for Keyboard German Dances (3) for piano, D. 972 Folk Dance for Keyboard German Dances (3) for piano, D. 973 Folk Dance for Keyboard
German Dances (2) for piano in D flat major, D. 974
Folk Dance for Keyboard
1825 12Grande marche funèbre for piano, 4-hands in C minor (on the death of Alexander I of Russia), D. 859 (Op. 55)
Music for Four Hands at One Keyboard
1826 ?Grande marche héroïque for piano, 4-hands in A minor (for the coronation of Nicholas I of Russia), D. 885 (Op. 66)
Music for Four Hands at One Keyboard
1827Grazer Galopp, for piano in C major, D. 925
Galop for Keyboard
1824 09 02
Hungarian Melody for piano in B minor (Ungarische Melodie), D. 817
Keyboard Work with Descriptive or Unclassified Title
1827 ?Impromptu for piano in C minor, D. 899/1 (Op. 90/1)
Impromptu for Keyboard
1827 ?Impromptu for piano in E flat major, D. 899/2 (Op. 90/2)
Impromptu for Keyboard
1827 ?Impromptu for piano in G flat major, D. 899/3 (Op. 90/3)
Impromptu for Keyboard
1827 ?Impromptu for piano in A flat major, D. 899/4 (Op. 90/4)
Impromptu for Keyboard
1827 12Impromptu for piano in F minor, D. 935/1 (Op. posth. 142/1)
Impromptu for Keyboard
1827 12Impromptu for piano in A flat major, D. 935/2 (Op. posth. 142/2)
Impromptu for Keyboard
1827 12 Impromptu for piano in B flat major, D. Impromptu for Keyboard