Schubert intended to marry Grob, but was hindered by the harsh marriage consent law of 1815, which required the ability to show the means to support a family. Several of his songs ( Salve Regina and Tantum Ergo) were composed for her voice, and she also performed in the premiere of his first Mass (D. In 1814, Schubert met a young soprano named Therese Grob, the daughter of a local silk manufacturer. Salieri and Schubert would part ways in 1817. He continued to receive private lessons in composition from Salieri, who did more for Schubert’s musical training than any of his other teachers. There were, however, other interests to compensate. For over two years, the young man endured the drudgery of the work, which he performed with very indifferent success. In 1814, he entered his father's school as teacher of the youngest students. 82).Īt the end of 1813, he left the Stadtkonvikt, and returned home for studies at the Normalhauptschule to train as a teacher. 110, in honor of his father's birthday in 1813), and his first symphony (D. 72/72a, said to commemorate the 1812 death of his mother), a cantata for guitar and male voices (D. During the remainder of his stay at the Stadtkonvikt he wrote a good deal of chamber music, several songs, some miscellaneous pieces for the pianoforte and, among his more ambitious efforts, a Kyrie (D. It was the first germ of that amateur orchestra for which, in later years, many of his compositions were written. Schubert was occasionally permitted to lead the Stadtkonvikt's orchestra, and Salieri decided to begin training him privately in musical composition and theory in these years. Meanwhile, his genius began to show in his compositions. In those early days, the more well-to-do Spaun furnished the impoverished Schubert with manuscript paper. Schubert's friendship with Spaun began at the Stadtkonvikt and endured through his lifetime. One important musical influence came from the songs of Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg, who was an important Lied composer of the time, which, his friend Joseph von Spaun reported, he "wanted to modernize". His exposure to these pieces and various lighter compositions, combined with his occasional visits to the opera set the foundation for his greater musical knowledge. At the Stadtkonvikt, Schubert was introduced to the overtures and symphonies of Mozart. In October 1808, he became a pupil at the Stadtkonvikt (Imperial seminary) through a choir scholarship. Schubert first came to the attention of Antonio Salieri, then Vienna's leading musical authority, in 1804, when his vocal talent was recognized.
Schubert wrote many of his early string quartets for this ensemble. He also played the viola in the family string quartet, with brothers Ferdinand and Ignaz on violin and his father on the cello. Holzer's lessons seem to have mainly consisted of conversations and expressions of admiration and the boy gained more from his acquaintance with a friendly joiner's apprentice who used to take him to a neighboring pianoforte warehouse where he had the opportunity to practice on better instruments. At the age of seven, Schubert began receiving lessons from Michael Holzer, the local church organist and choirmaster.
His father continued to teach him the basics of the violin, and his brother Ignaz gave him piano lessons. His formal musical education also started around the same time. He was not a musician of fame or with formal training, but he taught his son some elements of music.Īt the age of five, Schubert began receiving regular instruction from his father and a year later was enrolled at his father's school. Their father was a well-known teacher, and his school in Lichtental, a part of Vienna's 9th district, was well attended. Of Franz Theodor's fourteen children (one illegitimate child was born in 1783), nine died in infancy five survived.
His father, Franz Theodor Schubert, the son of a Moravian peasant, was a parish schoolmaster his mother, Elisabeth Vietz, was the daughter of a Silesian master locksmith, and had also been a housemaid for a Viennese family prior to her marriage. Schubert was born in Himmelpfortgrund (now a part of Alsergrund), Vienna, on 31 January 1797. Today, Schubert is seen as one of the leading exponents of the early Romantic era in music and he remains one of the most frequently performed composers. Franz Liszt, Robert Schumann, Johannes Brahms and Felix Mendelssohn, among others, discovered and championed his works in the 19th century. Appreciation of Schubert's music during his lifetime was limited, but interest in his work increased significantly in the decades following his death. In a short lifespan of just 31 years, Schubert was a prolific composer, writing some 600 Lieder, nine symphonies (including the famous "Unfinished Symphony"), liturgical music, operas, some incidental music, and a large body of chamber and solo piano music. Franz Peter Schubert, 31 January 1797 – 19 November 1828) was an Austrian composer.
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