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Franz Schubert was born on January 31, 1797, in Himmelpfortgrund near Vienna Austria. He was an Austrian composer. He himself wrote six hundred secular vocal works, seven complete symphonies, operas, sacred music and a large body of chamber and piano music. His appreciation was limited to a relatively small circle of admirers in Vienna. Schubert’s father, Franz Theodor Schubert, was a school teacher; his mother was what we call a modern day “stay at home mom.” Franz had three older brothers Ignaz, Karl, and Ferdinand, and a younger sister named Maria Theresa. “The family was musical and cultivated string quartet playing in the home, the boy Franz playing the viola. He received the foundations of his music education from his father and his brother Ignaz, continuing later with organ playing and music theory under the …show more content…
In 1823, he tried once again to reach some fame, he submitted a piano sonata, which was rejected. But by the end of 1823 his composition of music was played for the Rosamunde in Vienna. In the early months of 1824, Schubert had a rough time, he has no money, he was still very ill, and he had felt like a failure. Though at this time he managed to write two piano duets, which then lifted his spirits, and health. But it didn’t last for Schubert, he had a successful last couple of years, making beautiful wonderful masterpieces. The only public concert Schubert gave took place on March 26, 1828. It was a success, and the great composer was finally able to buy himself a piano. At the end of August he moved in with his brother Ferdinand. Schubert’s health, weakened since 1823, and his “ceaseless” work had made him exhausted. In October he developed typhoid fever from drinking tainted water. He spent his last days with family and friends. Schubert Died on November 19, 1828, not too long before his 32nd

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