Motivators and future Schubertians. Joseph von Spaun, Albert Stadler and Anton Holzapfel were Schubert’s good friends from the boarding school and became his great motivators. It is said that Von Spaun provided Schubert with music sheets. Johann Michael Vogl (1768-1840) was an opera singer and a friend of Schubert’s. He was also the first great …
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Franz Schubert’s various mentors. The director of music Michael Holzer (1772-1826) served the church in Lichtental and took charge of Franz’s initial musical training. Thus, he created the future conditions for Schubert’s composing. The imperial Stadtkonvikt of Vienna and the Royal Chapel meanwhile accepted the young Franz as a Sängerknabe in the boys’choir in 1808. …
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Schubert’s education. In 1803 Franz entered his father’s school, and his musical talent was soon noticed. Young Franz and his brother Ignaz were taught by their father to play the violin and the piano. Director of music Michael Holzer taught the talented Franz singing skills, church organ and basso continuo, according to the contemporary tradition. …
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Schubert created over a thousand musical works. Symphonic works Piano quintets Piano quartets Piano sonatas Small pieces for piano Piano Works for Four Hands Masses Operas And lastly, at least six hundred Lieder A Lied is a German song genre, a little dramatic piece accompanied on the piano. The songs were performed in smaller contexts …
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Franz Schubert and his closest family. Franz Peter Schubert was born in Vienna, Austria, January 31, 1797, as one of fourteen siblings. Five of the children in the family reached adulthood. His father, Franz Theodor Florian (1763-1830) was a hard-working, frugal, and dutiful teacher with high moral ideals, in tune with the contemporary zeitgeist. His …
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Table of content Franz Peter Schubert 1797–1828. Franz Schubert and his closest family. Schubert created over a thousand musical works. Schubert’s education. Franz Schubert’s various mentors. Motivators and future Schubertians. Reluctance to follow the father’s footsteps. Schubert follows his own path. It is going alright. Even more success for Franz Musical milestones, a humble selection …
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Franz Peter Schubert 1797–1828. A captivating micro destiny. Schubert, the musical genius that survived as a homeless freelancer but died young and in poor health. He only became recognized and admired after his death.