Franz Schubert (composer)

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Legal name: Franz Peter Schubert

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Franz Peter Schubert (German: [fʁants ˈpeːtɐ ˈʃuːbɐt]; 31 January 1797 – 19 November 1828) was an Austrian composer of the late Classical and early Romantic eras. Despite his short life, Schubert left behind a vast oeuvre, including more than 600 secular vocal works (mainly lieder), seven complete symphonies, sacred music, operas, incidental music, and a large body of piano and chamber music. His major works include the art songs "Erlkönig", "Gretchen am Spinnrade", "Ave Maria"; the Trout Quintet, the unfinished Symphony No. 8 in B minor, the "Great" Symphony No. 9 in C major, the String Quartet No. 14 Death and the Maiden, a String Quintet, the two sets of Impromptus for solo piano, the three last piano sonatas, the Fantasia in F minor for piano four hands, the opera Fierrabras, the incidental music to the play Rosamunde, and the song cycles Die schöne Müllerin, Winterreise and Schwanengesang.

Born in the Himmelpfortgrund suburb of Vienna, Schubert showed uncommon gifts for music from an early age. His father gave him his first violin lessons and his elder brother gave him piano lessons, but Schubert soon exceeded their abilities. In 1808, at the age of eleven, he became a pupil at the Stadtkonvikt school, where he became acquainted with the orchestral music of Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Ludwig van Beethoven. He left the Stadtkonvikt at the end of 1813 and returned home to live with his father, where he began studying to become a schoolteacher. Despite this, he continued his studies in composition with Antonio Salieri and still composed prolifically. In 1821, Schubert was admitted to the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde as a performing member, which helped establish his name among the Viennese citizenry. He gave a concert of his works to critical acclaim in March 1828, the only time he did so in his career. He died eight months later at the age of 31, the cause officially attributed to typhoid fever, but believed by some historians to be syphilis.

Appreciation of Schubert's music while he was alive was limited to a relatively small circle of admirers in Vienna, but interest in his work increased greatly in the decades following his death. Felix Mendelssohn, Robert Schumann, Franz Liszt, Johannes Brahms and other 19th-century composers discovered and championed his works. Today, Schubert is ranked among the greatest composers in the history of Western classical music and his work continues to be admired and widely performed.

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Discography

Album

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
1989Bach - Brahms - SchubertBach, Brahms, Schubert; Marian Anderson1
1989Brahms: Variations and fugue, op. 24 / 2 Rhapsodies, op. 79 / 3 Intermezzi, op. 117 / Schubert: Moments musicauxBrahms, Schubert; Yves Nat1
1989Impromptus / Moments musicauxFranz Schubert; Jenő Jandó1
1989Impromptus (Complete)Franz Schubert; Jenő Jandó3
1989Impromptus Op. 90 & Op. 142 (1988 recordings)Schubert; Alfred Brendel1
1989Klaviersonaten D 958 & D 959Schubert; Maurizio Pollini1
1989LiederFranz Schubert; Edith Mathis, Karl Engel, Kurt Weber1
1989Lieder von Schubert, Brahms, Schumann, WolfSchubert, Brahms, Schumann, Wolf; Olaf Bär1
1989Moments Musicaux / Three Piano Pieces, D. 946Franz Schubert; Jenő Jandó2
1989Piano Sonata in A minor D. 845 / 3 Klavierstücke D. 946Schubert; Alfred Brendel1
1989Piano DreamsLiszt, Chopin, Mozart, Schubert, Brahms; Dieter Goldmann3
1989Piano Sonata D. 959 / Impromptus D. 935Schubert; Etsko Tazaki1
1989Piano Trio no. 1, D. 898 / Notturno, D. 897Schubert; Beaux Arts Trio1
1989Quintette "La Truite" / Trios op. 99 & 100 / Sonatensatz / NotturnoFranz Schubert; Hephzibah Menuhin, Yehudi Menuhin, Maurice Gendron, Amadeus Quartet1
1989Quartet No.15 In GFranz Schubert; Tokyo String Quartet1
1989String Quartets: "Death and the Maiden" / "Quartettsatz"Franz Schubert; Mandelring Quartet2
1989Symphonies no. 3, 5 & 6Schubert; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham3
1989Sonata, D 784 / 6 Moments musicaux, D 780 / 2 Scherzi, D 593Schubert; Maria João Pires1
1989Symphonies no. 5 & 6Franz Schubert; Orchestra of St. Luke’s, Julius Rudel1
1989String Quartet No.15 In G Major, D887Franz Schubert, Lindsay String Quartet1
1989The Schubert Collection: Symphony No. 5 / String Quartet No. 13Franz Schubert1
1989Trio No. 2, Op. 100Franz Schubert; Eugene Istomin, Leonard Rose, Isaac Stern2
1989The Trout Piano Quintet in A Op 114, D667Schubert; The Nuremberg Quintet51
1989Victor Recordings of 1919-1926Alfred Cortot, Chopin, Weber, Schubert, Debussy, Ravel, Saint-Saëns, Brahms1
1989WinterreiseSchubert; Olaf Bär, Geoffrey Parsons1
1989Wanderer-Fantasie, D. 760 / Sonata in B-flat, D. 960 (1988 recordings)Schubert; Alfred Brendel2
1990Klaviersonate D 960, Allegretto D 915, 3 Klavierstücke D 946Schubert; Maurizio Pollini1
1990Impromptus, D. 899 & D. 935Franz Schubert; Rudolf Buchbinder3
1990Works for Violin and PianoFranz Schubert; Isaac Stern, Daniel Barenboim1
1990ImpromptusSchubert; Daniel Barenboim1
1990Mass no. 2 in G / Mass no. 6 in E-flatFranz Schubert; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Choruses, Robert Shaw1
1990Winterreise / Die schöne Müllerin / Schwanengesang (1950s recordings)Schubert; Dietrich Fischer‐Dieskau, Gerald Moore1
1990Schubert / Schumann / Bruch / EnescoSchubert, Schumann, Bruch, Enesco; Yuri Bashmet, Mikhail Muntian2
1990String QuintetSchubert; Amadeus Quartet, Robert Cohen2
1990Symphony No. 9Franz Schubert; Concertgebouworkest Amsterdam, Leonard Bernstein1
1990The Hyperion Schubert Edition, Volume 6: Schubert & the Nocturne IFranz Schubert; Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Graham Johnson1
1990The Hyperion Schubert Edition, Volume 7: Schubert in 1815 IFranz Schubert; Elly Ameling, Graham Johnson1
1990The Hyperion Schubert Edition, Volume 8: Schubert & The Nocturne IIFranz Schubert; Sarah Walker, Graham Johnson1
1990Beethoven: Symphony no. 4 / Schubert: Symphony no. 5Beethoven, Schubert; Marlboro Festival Orchestra, Pablo Casals1
1990Dvořák: Symphonie Nr. 9 "Aus der Neuen Welt" / Schubert: Symphonie Nr. 8 "Unvollendete"Antonín Dvořák, Franz Schubert; Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini1
1990Die WinterreiseFranz Schubert; Hans Zomer, Gerrit Schuil1
1990Die Winterreise (Vienna Master Series)Franz Schubert1
1990Die Schone Mullerin, D 795Franz Schubert; Gérard Souzay & Dalton Baldwin1
1990FierrabrasFranz Schubert; Josef Protschka, Karita Mattila, Cheryl Studer, Robert Gambill, Thomas Hampson, Robert Holl, László Polgár, Arnold Schönberg Chor, The Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Claudio Abbado2
1990German Romantic PartsongsSchubert, Schumann, Cornelius, Reger, R. Strauss; The Hilliard Ensemble1
1990Grosse Komponisten Und Ihre Musik 5: Franz Schubert - Symphonie Nr. 8 "Unvollendete" H-Moll D759 / Symphonie Nr. 5 B-Dur D485Franz Schubert - Philharmonia Hungarica, Peter Maag1
1990Große Komponisten: Schubert, AFranz Schubert1
1990Jessye Norman: Schubert · MahlerSchubert, Mahler; Jessye Norman, Irwin Gage1
1990Lieder: Ave Maria, etc.Franz Schubert; Elly Ameling, Dalton Baldwin1
1990Liszt: Concerto per pianoforte no. 1 / Schubert: Ouverture Rosamunde / Beethoven: Sinfonia no. 8Liszt, Schubert, Beethoven; Dresdner Philharmonie, Kurt Masur1
1990LiederSchubert, Schumann; Elly Ameling, Jörg Demus1
1990Mozart : Symphony no. 40 / Schubert : Symphony no. 5Mozart, Schubert; English Classical Players1
1990Mendelssohn / Schubert / The Rembrandt TrioMendelssohn, Schubert, The Rembrandt Trio1
1990Octet in F major D 803Franz Schubert; The Gaudier Ensemble1
1990Overtures D 470, D 556, D 648 / Symphony no. 2 in B major, D 125 / Symphony no. 6 in C major, D 589Franz Schubert; Heinz Rögner, Rundfunk‐Sinfonieorchester Berlin1
1990Piano Sonata Cycle, Vol. 2Franz Schubert; Anton Kuerti1
1990Piano Trio no. 2, D. 929 / Trio, D. 28 “Sonate”Schubert; Beaux Arts Trio1
1990Piano Sonatas D894 & D784 / 12 Waltzes D145Schubert; Vladimir Ashkenazy1
1990Quartet no. 14 in D minor "Der Tod und das Mädchen" / Quartet no. 4 in C majorFranz Schubert; Tokyo String Quartet2
1990Quatuor à cordes n°13 "Rosamunde"Franz Schubert1
1990Rachmaninov PlaysBach, Handel, Beethoven, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Liszt, Bizet, Strauss, Tchaikovsky, Moussorgsky, Claude Debussy, Chopin; Sergei Rachmaninov1
1990Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major, D. 485 / Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D. 759 "Unfinished"Schubert; Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner1
1990Symphony no. 9 in C major, D. 944 "Great"Franz Schubert; The London Classical Players, Roger Norrington1
1990String Quartets: "Death and the Maiden", D. 810 / "Quartettsatz", D. 703Franz Schubert; Tokyo String Quartet1
1990SchwanengesangFranz Schubert; Peter Schreier, András Schiff2
1990String Quartets No. 14 in D minor and No. 9 in G minorFranz Schubert; New World String Quartet32
1990Symphonies nos. 5 & 8Franz Schubert; The London Classical Players, Roger Norrington1
1990SonatasF. Chopin, F. Schubert, B. Arapov; Daniel Shafran1
1990Symphonie n° 8 "inachevé" / Symphonie n° 5 "du destin"Schubert, Beethoven1
1990SongsSchubert; Dietrich Fischer‐Dieskau, Alfred Brendel1
1990Symphony No. 8 'Unfinished' / Symphony No. 8 / Symphony No. 4Schubert, Beethoven, Mendelssohn; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham1
1990Sonatas D784 & D959Franz Schubert1
1990Symphony Nr. 8 H-moll D 759 "Unvollendete" / Symphony Nr. 5 C-moll Op. 67Franz Schubert; Ludwig van Beethoven1
1990Schubert - Mendelssohn-BartholdyFranz Schubert & Felix Mendelssohn1
1990Symphonie No. 9 / Fierrabas-OuvertüreFranz Schubert; Claudio Abbado, Chamber Orchestra of Europe1
1990String Quintet in C, D. 956 / Quartettsatz, D. 703Schubert; Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center1
1990Symphonies 4 & 6Franz Schubert; The Orchestra of St. John’s, Smith Square, Oliver Gilmour1
1990Splendeurs de la Musique sacréeGregorio Allegri, Marc‐Antoine Charpentier, Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Antonio Vivaldi, Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frideric Handel, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Joseph Haydn, Franz Schubert & Hector Berlioz1
1990The Great Masses no. 5 D. 678 & no. 6 D. 950Franz Schubert; Donath, Springer, Schreier, Adam, Rundfunkchor Leipzig, Wolfgang Sawallisch2
1990Trout Quintet / Death and the MaidenFranz Schubert; Budapest String Quartet, Juilliard String Quartet, Mieczysław Horszowski1
1990Trout Quintet / Quartet in A minorSchubert; Cleveland Quartet, James VanDemark, John O’Conor1
1990WinterreiseFranz Schubert; Brigitte Fassbaender, Aribert Reimann2
1990WinterreiseFranz Schubert; Ronald Dowd, John Winther1
1991The Hyperion Schubert Edition, Volume 9: Schubert & the TheatreFranz Schubert; Arleen Auger, Graham Johnson1
1991OktettSchubert; Hausmusik1
1991Der Tod und das Mädchen / 5 German Dances and 7 Trios with CodaSchubert orch. Mahler; I Musici de Montréal, Yuli Turovsky1
1991The Hyperion Schubert Edition, Volume 10: Schubert in 1815 IIFranz Schubert; Martyn Hill, Graham Johnson1
1991LiederSchubert; Christa Ludwig, Irwin Gage1
1991Musik für Violine & OrchesterBeethoven, Schubert; Gidon Kremer, London Symphony Orchestra, Emil Tchakarov1
1991HymnenFranz Schubert; Peter Schreier, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Berliner Solisten, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Dietrich Knothe1
1991Impromptus D899 & D935Franz Schubert; Krystian Zimerman2
1991LiederFranz Schubert; Arleen Augér, Lambert Orkis1
1991The Hyperion Schubert Edition, Volume 11: Schubert & DeathFranz Schubert; Brigitte Fassbaender, Graham Johnson51
1991Piano TriosFranz Schubert1
1991Schubert SongsFranz Schubert; Peter Schreier, András Schiff1
1991Schubert: Streichquintett, D. 956 / Schumann: KlavierquintettSchubert, Schumann; Lynn Harrell, James Levine, LaSalle Quartet1
1991Fantasie "Wanderer", Lieder / Fantasien / Hungarian RhapsodySchubert, Brahms, Liszt; Evgeny Kissin5
1991String Quintet in C major, D. 956 / String Trio in B-flat major, D. 581Franz Schubert; Ensemble Villa Musica1
1991Symphonies nos. 5 & 6Franz Schubert; The Classical Band, Bruno Weil1
1991The Hyperion Schubert Edition, Volume 12: The Young Schubert IFranz Schubert; Adrian Thompson, Graham Johnson1

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