The End In 1827 he led a sporadic social life and was often bleak. He composed, among other things, the fateful song cycle Die Winterreise. In the summer of 1828, his condition worsened. He moved to the countryside outside of Vienna to his brother Ferdinand’s home, but the moist air further aggravated the health. After …
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The final years In 1823 when Schubert’s health rapidly deteriorated, his fortune turned against him. He oscillates between exuberance and depression and was driven by a restless creativity. There is speculation about his diagnosis as changes in mood and problems with vision, combined with thirst, were associated with diabetes. Biographer’s link this to the prevalent …
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Schubert and the Schubertians Schubert’s friends played a particularly important role in his life, both as a private individual and in his career. The so-called Schubertians consisted of musicians, poets, painters, and influential middle-class families, to whose homes he was a frequent visitor. These Schubertians put their homes at his disposal, opened their salon doors …
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Schubert in the salons of Vienna’s High Society It was a politically troubled and reactionary time. Napoleonic wars were raging in Europe. Society gathered evening hours in closed societies in members’ homes, also known as salons. They discussed politics and it was exceedingly popular to invite musicians as entertainment. Schubert was introduced in the bourgeois …
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A typical day in Franz Peter Schubert life Schubert’s daily life followed quite similar routines. His finances forced him to stay in Vienna. He composed frantically between six o’clock in the morning and early afternoon and was then virtually unreachable. Thereafter he visited a cafe to drink coffee, smoke and read newspapers. In the evening …
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Musical milestones, a humble selection ”Every time I planned to teach him something new, he already mastered it. I often watched him in mute admiration ”(quote by Michael Holzer). 1814 Mass in F major, Symphony No.1 in D Major, twenty Lieder including Gretchen am Spinnrade 1815 Second and Third Symphony, several piano pieces and choral …
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Even more success for Franz In 1819 Vogl invites Schubert to Kremsmünster, Linz and Steyr, where music was played everywhere. Schubert, full of inspiration, composed the now famous Trout Quintet in A major. Franz Jäger, a contemporary celebrity, performed his songs in public. In 1820, his musical comedy The Twin Brothers, composed for Vogl, premiered …
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It is going alright. 1818 was the year one of Schubert’s works was published for the first time when a song was added as an extra music publication to a calendar. Meanwhile, a secular piece was premiered in public. Schubert spent the summer that followed in Hungary teaching piano and vocal skills to the two …
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Schubert follows his own path. Schubert gradually developed his personal expression with Mozart & Beethoven as models and contemporary German poetry ideals. This led to a breakup with Salieri that held the old Italian masters highest. When Schubert sought a position as a music teacher, Salieri recommended another candidate, and the breakup became a fact. …
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Reluctance to follow the father’s footsteps. The nine-year-old Franz composed music, completely unmoved by his peers playing and romping noisily around him. The father disapproved of his son’s growing interest in composition and invited him instead to choose the secure income of the teaching profession, which led to numerous conflicts between father and son. Franz …