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Schubert, Franz
- A nineteenth-century Austrian composer. Like Ludwig van Beethoven , he composed during the transition from the classic to the romantic period in music ( see romanticism ). He is known especially for his song cycles ( lieder ), usually written for solo voice and piano accompaniment. His best-known instrumental works are the “Unfinished” Symphony and the “Trout” Quintet .
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It has been said of Franz Schubert that “he had to write music.”
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It was in 1813, when Franz Schubert was sixteen years old, that a great change came into his life.
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Few composers have been so overweighted with poverty or so gifted with loneliness as Franz Schubert.
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Even though these boys were a little older than Franz Schubert, let us always think of them together.
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But from the time when Franz Schubert was a very little boy he had lessons every week for violin, voice, and piano.
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