History Music / FranzSchubert

* TheAlcoholic: The composer's friends relate instances of his engaging in bouts of heavy drinking. [[Creator/FranzVonSchober Franz von Schober]] wrote that Schubert in later years "let himself go to pieces, frequented the city outskirts [of Vienna], and roamed around in taverns," while another account says he engaged in "deplorable and embarrassing conduct while a guest at private functions in respectable family homes."

Schubert is best known for his many, many songs, such as "Erlkönig", "Gretchen am Spinnrade", "Ständchen" (better known as ''Serenade''), "Ellens Gesang III" (better known as "[[StandardSnippet Ave Maria]]"), "Die Forelle" (known in English as "The Trout", or in Korean as the Samsung washer/dryer end tone) and "Wanderers Nachtlied II", as well as the song cycles ''Music/DieWinterreise'' and ''Die Schöne Müllerin''. Schubert is generally regarded as the greatest writer of classical song in the history of Western music; apart from the sheer quality of his songs, he wrote over ''600'' of them. But he also found time to write a lot of other music, including many important symphonies, chamber music, works for piano, church music and other pieces, before death (from either typhoid fever or syphilis, depending on who you ask) silenced him at the young age of 31.

Franz Peter Schubert (31 January 1797 – 19 November 1828) was an Austrian composer of ClassicalMusic. Schubert had early exposure to music thanks to his family and eventually his talent caught the eye of Antonio Salieri (who was best remembered as Music/WolfgangAmadeusMozart's arch-enemy due to media's mispresentation). An [[ShortLivedBigImpact extremely prolific worker despite his short life]], Schubert's talent was admired by his friends, who often gathered to listen to his works in the so-called ''Schubertiad'', but [[VindicatedByHistory he didn't achieve significant recognition until]] [[DeadArtistsAreBetter after his death]]. Accounts by people who knew Schubert confirm that he was a {{Workaholic}}: friends would visit him at home and he'd look up from composing, say a friendly hello and then go back to work and [[NoSocialSkills forget that they were there]]. It's increasingly believed that he was AmbiguouslyGay, but the lack of strong evidence suggests that his workaholism didn't give him much time for a personal life. Music/LudwigVanBeethoven was his idol, and Schubert was a torchbearer at Beethoven's funeral.

Franz Peter Schubert (31 January 1797 – 19 November 1828) was an Austrian composer of ClassicalMusic. Schubert had early exposure to music thanks to his family and eventually his talent caught the eye of Antonio Salieri (who was best remembered as Music/WolfgangAmadeusMozart's arch-enemy due to media's mispresentation). An [[ShortLivedBigImpact extremely prolific worker despite his short life]], Schubert's talent was admired by his friends, who often gathered to listen to his works in the so-called ''Schubertiad'', but [[VindicatedByHistory he did not achieve significant recognition until]] [[DeadArtistsAreBetter after his death]]. Accounts by people who knew Schubert confirm that he was a {{Workaholic}}: friends would visit him at home and he'd look up from composing, say a friendly hello and then go back to work and [[NoSocialSkills forget that they were there]]. It's increasingly believed that he was AmbiguouslyGay, but the lack of strong evidence suggests that his workaholism didn't give him much time for a personal life. Music/LudwigVanBeethoven was his idol, and Schubert was a torchbearer at Beethoven's funeral.