In the famous music city of Vienna in the early 19th century, following great music stars such as Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven, a brilliant new music star, the composer Franz Schubert, appeared.
The Austrian composer Schubert was born in 1797 in the family of a poor primary school principal in Vienna. He studied piano and violin since he was a child. At the age of eleven, he was admitted to the choir of the Imperial Chapel and moved to the seminary. He became the violinist of the school band and also served as a conductor. This gave him the opportunity to come into contact with some famous composers of the Vienna classical music school. His masterpiece, he composed "Symphony No. 1" for the orchestra in 1813. Schubert left the seminary in 1813 because his voice changed. In order to reduce the family burden, Schubert worked as an assistant teacher in his father's school while continuing to create.
On October 19, 1814, he composed music for Goethe's poem "Grechen at the Spinning Wheel". Schubert's first song masterpiece opened the floodgates of his creative inspiration. In 1815 alone, Schubert wrote 144 songs, including 8 songs on one day in October. In addition to songs, he also composed a symphony, two masses and other works. In 1816, he resigned as a teacher and concentrated on composing music. Since he had no fixed income and lived in poverty, depression and depression were often reflected in some of his works. Despite this, he still enthusiastically created a large number of excellent works praising the national liberation struggle. The long-term poverty life caused great physical and mental damage to Schubert. On November 19, 1828, Schubert, who was only 31 years old, died suddenly in Vienna. Beside Beethoven's tomb, which I met several times.
Schubert was born in a civilian family in Hertental, a suburb of Vienna. His father was a schoolteacher and his mother, like Beethoven's mother, was a cook. At the age of eleven, he entered a mission boarding school with his outstanding childish voice. However, the material living conditions in boarding schools are very poor. In the cold winter, there was no fire indoors, causing the poor Schubert to be cold and hungry. He once wrote to his brother: "We often want to eat apples, because there is a gap of eight hours between a rough lunch and dinner!" At this time, he had already tried to compose music. This was his first creative period until he resigned as a teacher in 1818. During this period, Schubert first formed his own unique style in the field of music. Half of his songs were written within these few years. He also composed some symphonies during this period, but these works were not mature enough. The period from 1818 to 1827 was the central period of Schubert's creation. In these ten years, in addition to continuing to write songs, he also created relatively large-scale works such as vocal suites, symphonies, chamber music, and piano sonatas. During this period, his large-scale creations gradually matured and formed his own unique style. These include "Symphony No. 8 in B minor" (also known as "Unfinished Symphony", 1822), vocal suite "Beautiful Mill Girl", "Winter Journey", "String Quartet in D minor" ("Death and the Maiden" ", 1824), piano quintet "Trout", piano music "Wanderer's Fantasia", "Musical Moment", etc. Schubert admired Beethoven and dedicated four of his piano variations to him. On March 19, 1827, Schubert held a torch and attended Beethoven's funeral.
If Beethoven is the pinnacle of Western European classical music, then Schubert is one of the pioneers and founders of Western European romantic music. The stupid Emperor of Austria once said this: "We don't need geniuses, we just want servants who are loyal to their duties." An artist like Schubert, whose works have become a household name and widely circulated among the citizens of Vienna, However, it is difficult to publish and perform because it does not receive official recognition. During Schubert's lifetime, he had not even heard a performance of his own symphony. In 1815, he wrote the immortal song "The Devil", but it took five years before the publisher reluctantly agreed to publish the song for him on the condition that he would not be paid royalties. On November 19, 1828, Schubert, who was only 31 years old, contracted typhoid fever and passed away because he had no money for treatment.
Relatives and friends followed Schubert's instructions before his death and buried him near Beethoven's tomb. Engraved on his tombstone are the following words: "Death has buried rich treasures and more beautiful hopes here." On the white marble tombstone, the Muse is putting a laurel crown on Schubert's head. , the little angel presented flowers to him. He was the first composer since the 18th and 19th centuries to be world-famous for his excellent song creation. People praised him as the "King of Songs".