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Franz Schubert
Franz Schubert was a prolific and influential composer in the early 19th century. Even though his voluminous catalog of compositions were largely ignored during his own lifetime, they are now regarded as essential and defining pieces of music from the Romantic era. Please post any questions concerning Schubert's life and influence here.
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What are five words or phrases you would use to describe franz schubert?
Franz Schubert, an Austrian composer of the late Classical and early Romantic eras, can be described as prolific, melodic, innovative, expressive, and influential. His vast output of over 600 lieder and numerous symphonies, chamber music, and piano works showcases his gift for crafting memorable melodies and his ability to blend traditional forms with emotional depth and harmonic exploration. Schubert's music has had a lasting impact on the development of Romantic music and continues to be celebrated for its beauty and emotional resonance.
teaching
What instruments did schubert play?
Franz Schubert played the violin and viola, and the pianoforte and organ.
Was Franz Schubert a Classical era composer?
Yes. His early compositions were in the classical style.
A lied is a 19th century song with piano accompaniment set to German poetry. The greatest exponents of this form were Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, and Wolf although there are plenty of others like Mozart, Beethoven, Loewe, and Franz, and there were lieder still being written in the 20th Century by people like Richard Strauss, Mahler and Schoenberg. The basic idea is that the piano part is not strictly just an accompaniment but an equal partner with the singer. The piano part can often very effectively imitate the words or ideas that the poetry is suggesting - as in, for instance, 'Erlkonig' by Schubert where the piano sounds like the galloping of the horse that the singer is telling us about.
What was the musical based on Schubert's life?
The original operetta was Das Dreimäderlhaus, produced in 1916 in Vienna. It was adapted into English as Blossom Time(on Broadway) or Lilac Time (in London). A film version starring Richard Tauber was made in 1934 and given the title Blossom Time in the UK and April Blossoms in the US.
What was Franz expected to be prepared with for school that day?
franz was expected to learn the rules of participles that day.
Schubert's songs number more than?
He registered 616 songs with ASCAP. The answer approximately more than 600.
Correction: ASCAP did not exist in the early 19th century! But the number is approximately correct.
Did franz schubert marry if so what was if wife name?
No. He was restricted by the marriage laws at the time which stipulated that the man had to have the means to properly support a family. Schubert, at that time, had not secured a good enough paying position to meet the marriage laws.
Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828) - Austrian composer.
Describe story that is told in franz schubert's E rlking?
The Erlking is about a father and son who are riding home on a horse and the Erlking, who is like a mythical seductive elf. The song has rapid repeated octaves in triplets in the piano, which represent the horse's hooves. The Erlking is trying to convince the child to come with him and in fear, the child pleads with his father to protect him. The father, who cannot see or hear the Erlking, reassures his son that everthing is alright. The Erlking tells the child that they can play games and that his daughters can take care of the child. The child becomes more and more terrified and his dad will not take him seriously. The song ends with the father riding into the courtyard with the child dead in his arms.
What are the lyrics to schubert's serenade in Italian?
Nella calma della sera
vien la mia canzon
Una perfida preghiera
calda di passion
Della luna nel candour
preme il bosco ner
E prepara il nostro amore
l'ombra ed il mister
L'ombra ed il mister.
Il suo canto appassionato
sciolse l'usignol
Le mie pene ha Gia provato
soffre de mio duol
Per l'incanto di quest'ora
ch'ei mi voul ridir:
"Tutto a te d'amor favela,
cess ail tuo rigor,
chi la vita di favela …. E soltanto amor …..
E soltanto amor ….. Soltanto amor"
Schubert's Serenade Leise flehen meine Lieder lyrics in German?
Leise flehen meine Lieder
Durch die Nacht zu dir
In dem stillen Hain hernieder
Liebster komm zu mir
Flüsternd schlanke Wipfel rauschen
In des Mondes Licht
In des Mondes Licht
Willst mein liebend Herz du lauschen
Warte Liebster nicht
Warte Liebster nicht
Hörst die Nachtigallen schlagen
Ach sie flehen dich
Mit der Töne süßen Klagen
Flehen sie für mich
Sie verstehn des Busens Sehnen
Kennen Liebesschmerz
Kennen Liebesschmerz
Rühren mit den Silbertönen
Jedes weiche Herz
Jedes weiche Herz
Lass auch dir das Herz bewegen
Liebster höre mich
Bebend harr ich dir entgegen
Komm beglücke mich
Komm beglücke mich
Beglücke mich
What is schubert franz major contribution to music?
Beethoven was one of the first composers to move from the notion that a musician was a servant and produced powerful individualistic music, not necessarily what his patron had requested. He catered to the tastes of a rising middle class in a time of great social upheaval in Europe and possibly contributed to birth of the Romantic Era.
When did Schubert write his third symphony?
Schubert completed only 7 symphonies, the ones we now know as 1-6 and the "Great" C Major symphony, his ninth. He worked on sketches of a seventh symphony, but never completed any of the movements. He did complete two movements of his eigth, which is now known as the "Unfinished" Symphony. He was working on sketches of a tenth symphony during the last two months of his life.
What are facts about Franz Peter Schubert life?
Before Schubert was a composer, he was a teacher! but even then he wrote songs, just for the fun of it!!!!!
How many symphonys did Franz Schubert do?
He wrote 9 symphonies, the most famous being the 8th, or 'unfinished' symphony, which was actually completed after the 9th or the 'Great', which is the other most famous of his symphonies.
Correction: He wrote the "unfinished" before the "Great" - and never finished it. He began a third movement, but went on to other projects. The symphony was discovered many years after his death.
There are also many who claim Schubert wrote only 7 completed Symphonies + the "unfinished." The Great C Major used to be listed as #7 until they realized it was written after the b minor (the 8th.) And so they renumbered it #9. So now there's no #7. (In fact, there are Schubert symphony sets which list the "unfinished" as #7 and the C Major as #8!)
Believe it or not, Schubert wrote over 600 songs.
