His father, the son of a Moravian peasant, was a well-known parish schoolmaster, and his school in Lichtental (in Vienna's ninth district) had numerous students in attendance. Schubert's immediate ancestors came originally from the province of Zuckmantel in Austrian Silesia. He was the twelfth child of Franz Theodor Florian Schubert (1763–1830) and Maria Elisabeth Katharina Vietz (1756–1812). 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.īiography Early life and education įranz Peter Schubert was born in Himmelpfortgrund (now a part of Alsergrund), Vienna, Archduchy of Austria, on 31 January 1797, and baptized in the Catholic Church the following day. Felix Mendelssohn, Robert Schumann, Franz Liszt, Johannes Brahms and other 19th-century composers discovered and championed his works. 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.Īppreciation 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. He gave a concert of his works to critical acclaim in March 1828, the only time he did so in his career. In 1821, Schubert was admitted to the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde as a performing member, which helped establish his name among the Viennese citizenry. Despite this, he continued his studies in composition with Antonio Salieri and still composed prolifically. 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. 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.
His father gave him his first violin lessons and his elder brother gave him piano lessons, but Schubert soon exceeded their abilities. 911).īorn in the Himmelpfortgrund suburb of Vienna, Schubert showed uncommon gifts for music from an early age. 797), and the song cycles Die schöne Müllerin (D. 796), the incidental music to the play Rosamunde (D. 759 ( Unfinished Symphony), the "Great" Symphony No. 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. Abendständchen, D.Franz Peter Schubert ( German: 31 January 1797 – 19 November 1828) was an Austrian composer of the late Classical and early Romantic eras.Franz Schubert, thematisches Verzeichnis seiner Werke in chronologischer Folge (in German). ^ "Ständchen für vier Männerstimmen", Addendum, p.
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^ Nächtliches Ständchen" at The LiederNet Archive."Zu unsere Beilage: Unbekannte Kompositionen Franz Schuberts", p.
This autograph contains the text of a single stanza, of which the text author is unknown. This work is for TTBB, having the title "Quartetto" in the composer's autograph (manuscript MH 1864/c in Vienna City Library). "Leise, leise laßt uns singen, schlummre sanft", D 635, also known as "Ruhe", or "Nächtliches Ständchen".
Part songs known as "Ständchen" or "Nächtliches Ständchen" (serenade at night): "Ständchen" ("Leise flehen meine Lieder"), No."Ständchen", D 889 ("Horch, horch! die Lerch im Ätherblau" / "Hark, hark, the lark"), after Shakespeare's Cymbeline."Abendständchen an Lina" ("Sei sanft wie ihre Seele"), D 265, for voice and piano, words by Gabriele von Baumberg.Lieder named "Ständchen" or "Abendständchen" (evening serenade): Franz Schubert composed a number of works known as Ständchen, meaning serenade.
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