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Schubert's first song cycle, Die schцne Mьllerin, D. 795, after poems by Wilhelm Mьller, appeared in 1823.

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Schubert composed symphonies, chamber music, works for solo piano and opera, but it was in the collections of his songs and Masses that perhaps his creative genius is most evident.

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Franz Liszt declared Schubert to be "the most poetic musician who has ever lived."

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Publication had been moving more rapidly; the stress of poverty was for a time lightened; in the summer there was a pleasant holiday in Upper Austria, where Schubert was welcomed with enthusiasm.

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Quartettsatz in C minor (D.703) and the great "Wanderer Fantasy" for piano (D.760).

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Immediately before Schubert's death, his friend Eduard von Bauernfeld recorded the existence of an additional symphony, dated 1828 (although this does not necessarily indicate the year of composition) named the "Letzte" or "Last" symphony.

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In 1997, musicologist Rita Steblin discovered Schubert's marriage petition in the archives of the Lichtental church.

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To this end, Schubert's meagre musical education was never entirely sufficient.

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Another nickname was "The Little Mushroom" as Schubert was only five feet, one and one-half inches tall, and tended to corpulence.

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Schubert's second symphony in B-flat (D.125) was finished, and a third, in D major (D.200), added soon afterward.

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Franz Peter Schubert (January 31, 1797 – November 19, 1828) was an Austrian composer considered to be the last master of the Viennese Classical school and one of the earliest proponents of musical Romanticism.

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Schubert was always the leader of the party, but more often than not, was penniless.

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Schubert was born in the Himmelpfortgrund, a small suburb of Vienna.

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Eszterhбzy at Ћeliezovce, Slovakia, then in the Kingdom of Hungary, where he spent the summer amid pleasant and congenial surroundings.

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Schubert's compositional style progressed rapidly throughout his short life, and he left many stunning masterpieces despite his early death.

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At seven, having exceeded the abilities of his music teachers, Schubert was placed under the instruction of Michael Holzer, the 'Kapellmeister' of the Lichtenthal Church.

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The proposed third subspecies of the Eastern Gorilla, Gorilla beringei, which has not received a full Latin designation, is the Bwindi population of the Mountain Gorilla, sometimes called Bwindi Gorilla.

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In 1872, a memorial to Franz Schubert was erected in Vienna's Stadtpark.

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In 1888, both Schubert's and Beethoven's graves were moved to the Zentralfriedhof, where they can now be found next to those of Johann Strauss Senior and Johannes Brahms.

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Schubert left few letters or diaries that could have provided insights into the motivations and inspirations behind his work and creative process.

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From 1826 to 1828, Schubert resided continuously in Vienna, except for a brief visit to Graz in 1827.

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Schubert is considered to be the first genuinely “Romantic” composer.

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Of the Schuberts' 15 children (one illegitimate child was born in 1789), ten died in infancy; the surviving children included four sons Ignaz (b.

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The publication of this music led to more widespread public interest in Schubert's work.