Thoughts and viewpoints.
The singer Vogl, an academically educated man, described his songs as ”truly divine inspirations, extreme of musical lucidity.”
Schubert was short, 151 cm tall, with a strong physique. Friends called him ”The Mushroom” considering his slightly round figure.
Schubert set to music several poems by Goethe. The great poet never showed him any estimation and ignored all attempts to establish contact.
The big publishing house Breitkopf & Härtel, that published Schubert’s entire opus after his death, rejected his Erlkönig 1817.
Beethoven in his last hours is reputed to have said: Indeed, a spark of Divine genius resides in this Schubert!
Robert Schumann is said to have found the draft to ”Unfinished Symphony” by Schubert’s deathbed and expressed ”the riches that lay here made me tremble with excitement.”
Schubert once said: Is there really any happy music? I do not know any.