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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 does the D after Schubert's titles signify?
According to the wikipedia articles it stands for "Deutsch"
The abbreviation "D" refers to "Deutsch", that is Otto Erich Deutsch, who created a catalogue of Schubert's works listed chronologically by composition date.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_compositions_by_Franz_Schubert
How many songs did Schubert write?
Wilhelm Schwer has written:
'Der deutsche katholizismus im zeitalter des kapitalismus' -- subject(s): Economic conditions, Capitalism, Church and social problems, Sociology, Christian (Catholic), Catholic Church
How did franz schubert became a famous composers?
Franz Schubert was a composer in the early 19th century. He wrote numerous musical pieces for amateur pianists and earned a living do so.
Franz Peter Schubert (January 31, 1797 - November 19, 1828) was an Austrian composer.
Franz Kafka, born on the 3rd July 1883 in Bohemia, Austria-Hungary (what is now known as the Czech Republic), was an author of novels and short stories.
He was working for an insurance company when he began to write short stories in his spare time. Later he complained that he did not have enough spare time to devote to what he felt was his calling, which was writing stories. His (at the time) unique writing style, which included psychological brutality, archetypes of alienation, parent-child conflict, mysticism and labyrinths of bureaucracy, was influenced by his family life.
He is well known for works such as:
- Die Verwandlung (The Metamorphosis)
- Der Prozess (The Trial)
- Das Schloss (The Castle)
He died of tuberculosis on the 3rd June 1924.
What is the reasons for popularity of franz schubert?
His lieder and art songs are considered Romantic but his symphonies are still mainly in the Classical style. Since he is not purely Classical, many musical scholars consider him to be Romantic and therefore excluded from the 1st Viennese School (comprised of Classical composers Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven)
What genre was schubert most well known for?
Schubert is well known for his massive collection of more than 600 songs including Erlking. He wrote a lot of ensemble works including the Death and the Maiden Quartet and the Trout Quintet. Other works include 7 finished symphonies and 14 piano sonatas.
What is Schubert's most famous sacred music?
Some of his most famous works are:
The Trout Quintet
The Arpeggione Sonata
The Death and the Maiden String Quartet (No. 14)
The Unfinished Symphony (No. 8)
The Winterreise (Song Cycle) Also Ave Maria, very well known but not as a composition of this perennially underrated genius. 9th symphony "the Great", the "Wanderer" Fantasy, and his 4 impromptus Op. 90.
Who was in Franz Schubert's family?
Franz Schubert's father was Franz Theodor Schubert and his mother was Elisabeth (nee Vietz). He had ten siblings who died in infancy, and five who survived. His surviving sinlings included his brothers Ignaz, born in 1785; Karl, born in 1796; Ferdinand, born in 1794 and he had a sister, Maria Theresa, who was born in 1801.
What language was schubert's erlkonig written?
Schubert created is composition, based on Goethe's Der Erlkonig, in 1815 and it was first performed in 1820. He made several revisions, the fourth of which was published in 1821.
How does Schubert create a sense of urgency in the piano accompaniment of the ERLKING?
The repeated triplets show an ever increasing sence of urgency, and the acsending scales that occur sound rather menacing and could represent the Erlking drawing closer to taking the boy.
Who was the first composer to compose romantic period?
Ludwig van Beethoven is considered to be the composer who bridged the transition from the Classical to the Romantic era.
How many violin concertos did franz schubert write?
Beethoven wwrote just one violin concerto: the Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61, written in 1806.
How many movements is Schubert's Erlking?
The Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73 by Ludwig van Beethoven, is divided into a standard three movements.
Why would the ballad Erlking by Franzt Schubert be consider sentimental?
Romantic music has melodies with tenderness and a quality of longing that match the Romantic quality of poetry that they set.
Erlking in particular conjures the images described in the story it captures the strangeness and wonder of Goethe's celebrated balad, whatever is described in the poem is shown through the music, as a result the music follows the narrative and builds us up to the end where the last line "in his arms the child... was dead"
