Franz Schubert, whose biography is known to all figures of musical art, was born on January 31, 1797 in a suburb of the Austrian capital Vienna. He was the fourth son of a school teacher and cellist. All the teachers of the future musician noted his talent and zeal, with which he easily mastered knowledge in the field of music.
Education
Success and excellent voice skills helped Schubert enter the Imperial Chapel, and then to one of the best schools in Vienna - Convict. At the age of thirteen, he began to write his first compositions: songs, piano plays, symphonies and operas. In 1812, Franz met the famous Salieri, who became interested in a talented young man. For five years, they collaborated on creating compositions.
Composer Franz Schubert was formed precisely during his studies with Salieri - from 1812 to 1817. In 1813, he became a student at a teacherโs seminary, and a year later he became a teacher at the school where his father once worked. It was then that he composed one of his first masses and put Goethe's poems to music.
Creation
In the years 1815-1816, Franz Schubert, whose biography is studied in schools today at music lessons, was quite productive. During this period he composed over 250 songs, four symphonies, three masses and several operettas and string quartets. It was then that songs were created that became widespread throughout the world - "Forest King" and "Wanderer".
But despite all this, Franz Schubert, whose works today are considered classics of world music, was poor, like a church rat. With the help of his acquaintance, J. von Spaun, the composer met the poet F. von Schober, who, in turn, was able to arrange a meeting between Schubert and the popular baritone M. Fogl at that time.
Franz continued to work at school, but in the summer of 1818 decided to leave his service and went to the estate of Count Esterhazy, where for several months he worked as a music teacher. In 1819, Schubert finished the famous Sixth Symphony, and then composed several variations on a French song, which he dedicated to Beethoven.
Returning to Vienna, Franz Schubert, whose biography was too short, commissioned the opera The Twin Brothers. It was first staged in the summer of 1820 at the Kertnertortheater. Schubert spent the summer of 1819 together with baritone Vogl, it was then that he managed to compose "Trout" (in A Major) - a popular quintet for piano.
The following years were difficult for the composer, since he was not adapted to seek the patronage of influential officials and figures of the art world. In 1823 he was quite seriously ill and was in a state of despondency. Nobody wanted to stage his opera, but Franz pulled himself together and wrote a vocal cycle called The Beautiful Mill.
In 1825, Franz Schubert, whose biography is familiar to many classical music lovers, managed to restore his health. His new opuses for piano were born. Until 1828, the composer worked hard to create his own musical works.
In early 1828, Schubert began to fail health. Apparently, the composer foresaw the imminent death, so he tried to write at a feverish pace. It was in 1828 that he created a huge number of masterpieces that gained popularity after the death of the author. Franz Schubert died of typhus on November 19, 1828.