Franz Schubert's career lasted only 18 years, but he wrote
nearly 1 pieces of music, including 600 songs which
are considered the greatest body of solo vocal music of
any composer. He pioneered the song cycle with such pieces
as Die Schöne Müllerin and Die Winterreise. Many
of his symphonies, operas, masses, chamber music pieces,
and piano sonatas are also part of the standard repertoire.
Schubert was born in Vienna on January 31, 1797. Haydn and
Beethoven Were both still alive and the city was the center
of the world for music. Schubert attended the Convict school
that trained young singers and he was a choirboy in the
chapel of The Imperial Court. After hearing a song composed
by Schubert, the institution's director Antonio Salieri
hailed him as a genius. After Schubert's voice broke in
1813, he unhappily became a schoolteacher like his father.
Schubert composed at night, and had written songs,
and symphonic, operatic, and chamber scores, before
the age of 20.
Schubert quit teaching in 1818 and sometimes worked as
a private music teacher. In 1820, he was commissioned by
two opera houses to compose an opera for each. Zwillingsbruden
and Zauberharfe Were not Well received and Schubert could
not get signed with a publisher, partially because of his harmonically
untraditional music. He proceeded to publish his own work
for a group of around 100 subscribers. In 1823, Schubert
was elected as an honorary member to the Musikverein of
Graz. It was only a slight recognition of no financial value,
but Schubert appreciated it and composed his famous Unfinished
Symphony. Five years later his music was featured at Vienna's
Musikverein to great audience and critical response. This
was the only time in his lifetime he saw a successful performance
of his music. Although Schubert was ill with syphilis, he
continued to compose prolifically. As he was dying, Schubert
asked his brother Ferdinand to bury him alongside Ludwig
van Beethoven's grave. Beethoven had once praised some of
his songs. Schubert died on November 19, 1828.
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1810 -
1830
Albums and CDs - Videos and DVDs
1813 Symphony No. 1 in D major, D. 82
1813 String Quartet No. 10 in E flat major, D. 87 (Op. 125/1)
1814 Gretchen am Spinnrade ("Meine Ruh'..."),
song for voice and piano, D. 118 (Op. 2)
1814 Symphony No. 2 in B flat major, D. 125
1815 Mass for soloists, chorus, strings and organ in G
major, D. 167
1815 Heidenröslein ("Sah ein Knab..."), song
for voice and piano, D. 257 (Op. 3/3)
1815 Erlkönig ("Wer reitet so spät"),
song for voice and piano, D. 328 (Op. 1)
1815 Symphony No. 3 in D major, D. 200
1816 Rondo for violin and strings in A major, D. 438
1816 Symphony No. 4 in C minor ("Tragic"), D.
417
1816 Symphony No. 5 in B flat major, D. 485
1817 Der Tod und das Mädchen ("Vorüber, ach
vorüber"), song for voice and piano, D. 531
(Op. 7/3)
1817 Ganymed ("Wie im Morgenglanze"), song for
voice and piano, D. 544 (Op. 19/3)
1817 Piano Sonata No. 4 in A minor, D. 537 (Op. posth. 164)
1817 Piano Sonata No. 9 in B major, D. 575 (Op. posth. 147)
1817 Sonata for violin and piano in A major ("Duo"),
D. 574 (Op. posth. 162)
1817 -1818 Symphony No. 6 in C major ("Little C Major"),
D. 589
1817 An die Musik ("Du holde Kunst..."), song
for voice and piano, D. 547 (Op. 88/4)
1819 Piano Sonata No. 13 in A major, D. 664 (Op. 120)
1819 -1822 Mass for soloists, chorus, orchestra and organ
in A flat major (Missa Solemnis), D. 678
1819 Quintet for piano, violin, viola, cello and double
bass in A major ("Trout"), D. 667 (Op. posth.
114)
1820 Die Vögel ("Wie lieblich und fröhlich"),
song for voice and piano, D. 691 (Op. posth. 172/6)
1820 String Quartet No. 12 in C minor ("Quartettsatz"),
D. 703
1822 Fantasia for piano in C major ("Wanderer"),
D. 760 (Op. 15)
1822 Symphony No. 8 in B minor ("Unfinished"),
D. 759
ca. 1822 Marches Militaires (3) for piano, 4 hands, D. 733
(Op. 51)
1823 - 1828 ? Moments musicaux (6) for piano, D. 780 (Op.
94)
1823 Piano Sonata No. 14 in A minor ("Grande Sonate"),
D. 784 (Op. posth. 143)
1823 Die schöne Müllerin, song cycle, for voice
and piano, D. 795 (Op. 25)
1823 Rosamunde, Fürstin von Cypern, incidental music,
D. 797 (Op. 26)
1824 Sonata for piano, 4 hands in C major ("Grand Duo"),
D. 812 (Op. posth. 140)
1824 Sonata for arpeggione and piano in A minor ("Arpeggione
Sonata"), D. 821
1824 Octet for clarinet, horn, bassoon and strings in
F major, D. 803 (Op. posth. 166)
1824 String Quartet No. 13 in A minor ("Rosamunde"),
D. 804 (Op. 29)
1824 String Quartet No. 14 in D minor ("Death and the
Maiden"), D. 810
1825 Piano Sonata No. 15 in C major ("Relique"),
D. 840
1825 Piano Sonata No. 16 in A minor, D. 845 (Op. 42)
1825 08 Piano Sonata No. 17 in D major ("Gasteiner"),
D. 850 (Op. 53)
1825 -1828 Symphony No. 9 in C major ("The Great"),
D. 944
1825 Ellens Gesang III ("Ave Maria"), song for
voice and piano, D. 839 (Op. 52/6)
1826 Piano Sonata No. 18 in G major ("Fantasy"),
D. 894 (Op. 78)
1826 -1827 Deutsche Messe (German Mass), for mixed chorus,
wind ensemble and organ, D. 872
1826 Gesang ("Was ist Sylvia,..."), song for voice
and piano, ("An Sylvia"), D. 891 (Op. 106/4)
1826 Gesänge aus Wilhelm Meister, songs for voice and
piano, D. 877 (Op. 62)
1826 Rondo for violin and piano in B Minor ("Rondeau
Brillant"), D. 895 (Op. 70)
1826 String Quartet No. 15 in G major, D. 887 (Op. posth.
161)
1827 ? Impromptus (4) for piano, D. 899 (Op. 90)
1827 ? Piano Trio in B flat major, D. 898 (Op. 99)
1827 Allegretto for piano in C minor, D. 915
1827 Ständchen ("Zögernd, leise"), for
alto, chorus and piano ("Notturno"), D. 920
(Op. posth. 135)
1827 Piano Trio No. 2 in E flat major, D. 929 (Op. 100)
1827 Fantasia for violin and piano in C major ("Sei
mir gegrüsst!"), D. 934 (Op. posth. 159)
1827 Impromptus (4) for piano, D. 935 (Op. posth. 142)
1827 Piano Trio in E flat major ("Nocturne") (Adagio
only), D. 897 (Op. posth. 148)
1827 Winterreise, song cycle for voice and piano, D. 911
(Op. 89)
1828 Pieces (3) for piano (impromptus), D. 946
1828 Piano Sonata No.. 20 in A major, D. 959
1828 Piano Sonata No. 21 in B flat major, D. 960
1828 Der Hirt auf dem Felsen ("Wenn auf dem höchsten
Fels ich steh'"), for voice, clarinet (or cello) and
piano, D. 965 (Op. posth. 129)
1828 Fantasia for piano, 4 hands in F minor, D. 940 (Op.
103)
1828 Mass for soloists, chorus and orchestra in E flat
major, D. 950
1828 Piano Sonata No. 19 in C minor, D. 958
1828 Quintet for 2 violins, viola and 2 cellos in C major,
D. 956 (Op. posth. 163)
1828 Schwanengesang (Swan Song), song cycle for voice and
piano, D. 957
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