We're extremely excited to add Franz Peter Schubert to our roster of composers today!
Franz Schubert is in the club of composers who died far too young. He was a prolific Austrian composer of the early Romantic Era. While Schubert made contributions to many genres of music writing symphonies, masses, and keyboard works, he is best remembered for composing over 600 lieder—that's almost 20 art songs per year.
In 1827 Schubert composed his most famous song-cycle, Die Winterreise (Winter's Journey). This was Schubert's second song-cycle set to a poem cycle by lyric poet, Wilhelm Müller. Schubert worked quickly to set the first 12 poems in February. However, the composer was unaware at that time that a second half of Müller's Winterreise existed. After discovering the full collection of 24 poems, Schubert set the second half in October of the same year. He died the following month.
For more about Schubert, his interactions with his contemporaries like Beethoven and Paganini, check out his profile on the Informusic app!
Franz Schubert is in the club of composers who died far too young. He was a prolific Austrian composer of the early Romantic Era. While Schubert made contributions to many genres of music writing symphonies, masses, and keyboard works, he is best remembered for composing over 600 lieder—that's almost 20 art songs per year.
In 1827 Schubert composed his most famous song-cycle, Die Winterreise (Winter's Journey). This was Schubert's second song-cycle set to a poem cycle by lyric poet, Wilhelm Müller. Schubert worked quickly to set the first 12 poems in February. However, the composer was unaware at that time that a second half of Müller's Winterreise existed. After discovering the full collection of 24 poems, Schubert set the second half in October of the same year. He died the following month.
For more about Schubert, his interactions with his contemporaries like Beethoven and Paganini, check out his profile on the Informusic app!
