VPMC83H3 Chapter Notes -Johann Michael Vogl, Syphilis, Franz Von Schober
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Franz schubert and the peacocks of benvenuto cellini. Double nature of schubert, mixture of gaiety and melancholy. Venereal infection of syphilis due to excessively indulgent sensual living. Conflict with schubert"s father about patriarchal issues of career, religion, and marriage. Avoid religious controversy and temporize about pursuing a school teaching career. Courtship with therese grob between 1814 and 1816. Antipathy to matrimony is consistent with his withdrawal from the courtship. Grob: no intimacy and understanding between her and schubert. Intimate form of address in letters to male friends. Refused to resume teaching post at schoolhouse in rossau district. In 1816, moved out of his father"s house and lived with franz von schober. Schober was viewed as schubert"s seducer, bad influence on moral matters. Leader in the schubert circle and adored by schwind, schubert, kupelwieser, doblhoff. Schober"s love is shared among many friends, intimate attachments between others. Lived with the poet mayrhofer between 1818 and 1821, collaborated on fifty lieder.
