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Interesting Questions, Facts and Information
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 Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information
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| How many songs did Schubert write?
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More than 600. Phew! Hard to believe he died at 31!
| In which year did Schubert compose the 'Trout' Quintet?
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| When Schubert played quartets with his father and older brothers, which instrument did he always play?
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viola. His brothers, Ferdinand and Ignaz, played first and second violin and his Papa played cello.
| How many of Schubert's symphonies were published during his lifetime?
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0. They were not rediscovered until the second half of the nineteenth century.
| When was Schubert's 'Death and Maiden' Quartet composed?
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1824. It was one of his last String Quartets.
| What is Schubert's fourth Symphony better known as?
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Tragic . This was composed in 1816.
| What number was Schubert's 'Great' symphony?
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9th. It was never performed in his lifetime, as he died in the same year.
| What number was Schubert's 'Unfinished' symphony?
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8th. It's known as 'Unfinished' because it consists of two movements rather than the more traditional four.
| How many symphonies did Schubert write (counting those finished by others)?
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9. The same as Beethoven.
| How old was Schubert when he died?
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31. Schubert died on November 19, 1828, of typhoid fever. Unlike most other great composers, it appeared as though Schubert was unaware of his own genius.
| In which year was Schubert born?
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1797. He was born on January 31, 1797, in Vienna, Austria.
Romantic. Most agree that the Romantic era of music began with Beethoven and lasted until around 1920, where it gave way to Modern music. Schubert and Beethoven were contemporaries, but Beethoven received much more recognition during his lifetime than did Schubert. The latter felt pressured by the presence of Beethoven and felt that he was inadequate because of Beethoven's prominence and popularity.
A maiden is about to die and begs Death to be spared. The words to this "lied" (song) are by M Claudius.
2. Schubert died on 19 November, 1828 at his brother Ferdinand's house. Many believe he died from syphilis, but others argue that perhaps it was typhoid fever, salmonella, or some other infection that killed him because of his syphilis.
| The final arrangement we will discuss is the symphonic version, which two different composers have arranged. In the 1990s, American composer Andy Stein called it "Symphony in D minor, 'Death and the Maiden'" for full orchestra. But who did it first? | Schubert's "Death and the Maiden"
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John Foulds. In 1930, Englishman John Foulds made the symphonic arrangement of Schubert's chamber piece. Foulds, originally from London, moved to Paris and traveled to India, from which he drew great influence for his original works.
Benjamin Britten was also an Englishman, best know for his "Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra" which features variations on a melody by Henry Purcell.
John Adams is a modern American composer who is best known for his opera "Nixon in China" and composes in the minimalist style.
Jermiah Clarke was an English baroque composer, known for "Trumpet Voluntary," but he came well before Schubert.
| Schubert's quartet has been arranged in several different ways. First, in 1878, who arranged "Death and the Maiden" for a piano duet? | Schubert's "Death and the Maiden"
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Robert Franz. Romanian composer Anton Pann wrote the Romanian national anthem.
Leos Janacek, a Czech composer, was a neoclassical composer who drew inspiration from his contemporaries, like Dvorak and Smetana.
César Franck, originally from Belgium, spent much of his time in France, and was an accomplished organist in addition to being a composer.
Robert Franz was a German composer who was best known for his lieder (songs).He also made arrangements of Mozart's quintets in C major and minor.
| The "Death and the Maiden" quartet gets its name from Schubert's song of the same name. Which movement of the quartet contains this melody? | Schubert's "Death and the Maiden"
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2nd movement. The opening movement, the Allegro, takes a sonata form and follows the keys of D minor, F major, and A minor.
The second movement, the Andante con moto, takes its theme from Schubert's macabre song "Der Tod und Das Mädchen" (D531).
The third movement, the Scherzo, gets its main theme from one of Schubert's piano dances.
The fourth and final movement, the Presto, takes the sonata-rondo form, and modulates between major and minor.
| There are two catalogs in which Schubert's works are organized: numerical order and Otto Deutsch's thematic catalog. What are the numbers for "Death and the Maiden"? | Schubert's "Death and the Maiden"
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No. 14, D810. Otto Erich Deutsch cataloged Schubert's 1,515 known and traceable works into chronological order.
| Schubert began writing the quartet in 1824, but would not finish/finalize the piece for two years. It was finally performed for the first time on 1 February, 1826, in which European city? | Schubert's "Death and the Maiden"
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Vienna, Austria. Franz Schubert was a native of Austria, and he lived in Vienna for the entirety of his short (31 years) life.
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