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Franz Schubert

Austrian composer

Also known as: Franz Peter Schubert

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Maurice J.E. Brown

Author of Schubert: A Critical Biography; Essays on Schubert.

Maurice J.E. Brown

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Franz Schubert (born January 31, 1797, Himmelpfortgrund, near Vienna [Austria]—died November 19, 1828, Vienna) was an Austrian composer who bridged the worlds of Classical and Romantic music, noted for the melody and harmony in his songs (lieder) and chamber music. Among other works are Symphony No. 9 in C Major (The Great; 1828), Symphony in B Minor (Unfinished; 1822), masses, and piano works. Schubert’s father, Franz Theodor Schubert, was a schoolmaster; his mother, Elisabeth, whose...

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