History Music / FranzSchubert

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.

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 AuthorExistenceFailure (from either typhoid fever or syphilis, depending on who you ask) finally silenced him at the age of 31.

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 AuthorExistenceFailure finally silenced him at the age of 31.

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 "Wandrers Nachtlied II", as well as the song cycles ''Die Winterreise'' 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 AuthorExistenceFailure finally silenced him at the age of 31.

* BizarreInstrument: His ''[[Music/SonataInAMajor Sonata in A major for Arpeggione and Piano]]'' was (until the 21st century) the only extant work written for the arpeggione, an instrument played with a bow like a cello or viol but tuned and fretted like a guitar. Invented in the early 1820s, it disappeared after enjoying a brief period of popularity for about a decade or so. Its solo part has been transcribed for many current instruments, most notably the cello, viola, contrabass, flute, clarinet, and euphonium.

* IWasQuiteALooker: [[http://rogerbourland.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/schubert_young_sm.jpg Very much so]].

* AchillesHeel: Schubert was a masterful composer in every genre he attempted except one -- {{Opera}}. He made numerous unsuccessful attempts at writing one, however. His extant examples have unfortunately not rendered him VindicatedByHistory, which is perhaps surprising given his mastery at writing Lieder.

* TheAlcoholic: The composer's friends relate several instances of his engaging in bouts of heavy drinking. 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."
* AmbiguouslyGay: Schubert's sexuality has been hotly debated during the last several decades. It's true he never married or had a serious relationship with a woman, and had homosexual friends in his circle -- but his lack of a stable love life may have been the result of a workaholic nature, a lack of money and stability, a hedonistic nature, his having contracted syphilis in his early 20s, or other unknown reasons. He sometimes appears on lists of famous gay composers, regardless.

* AchillesHeel: Schubert was a masterful composer in every genre he attempted except one -- {{Opera}}. He made numerous unsuccessful attempts at writing one, however. His extant examples have unfortunately not rendered him VindicatedByHistory, either.

* AmbiguouslyGay: Schubert's sexuality has been hotly debated during the last several decades. It's true he never married or had a serious relationship with a woman, and had homosexual friends in his circle -- but his lack of a stable love life may have been the result of a workaholic nature, an de

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 "Wandrers Nachtlied II", as well as the song cycles ''Die Winterreise'' and ''Music/DieSchöneMüllerin''. 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 AuthorExistenceFailure finally silenced him at the 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 did not achieve significant recognition until 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 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.

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 "Wandrers Nachtlied II", as well as the song cycles ''Die Winterreise'' 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 AuthorExistenceFailure finally silenced him at the age of 31.

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 "Wandrers Nachtlied II", as well as the song cycles ''Die Winterreise'' 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 AuthorExistenceFailure finally silenced him at the 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 {{Mozart}}'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 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. LudwigVanBeethoven was his idol, and Schubert was a torchbearer at Beethoven's funeral.

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") and "Wandrers Nachtlied II", as well as the song cycles ''Die Winterreise'' 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 AuthorExistenceFailure finally silenced him at the age of 31.

* ReallyGetsAround: How else could he have acquired syphillis?

* AuthorExistenceFailure: Probably one of the reasons he never really got around to finishing his "[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Unfinished]]" symphony.

* AuthorExistenceFailure: Probably one of the reasons he never really got around to finishing his "Unfinished" symphony.

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* ReallyGetsAround: How else could he have acquired syphillis?

* IWasQuiteALooker: [[http://rogerbourland.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/schubert_young_sm.jpg Very much so]].

An Austrian composer of ClassicalMusic. Born in 1797, 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 {{Mozart}}'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 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. LudwigVanBeethoven was his idol, and Schubert was a torchbearer at Beethoven's funeral.

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