MUSIC 1AA3 Lecture 13: Franz Schubert + The Erlking
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He died when he was 31 years, 5 years less than, died of syphilis. Child prodigy, at age 11 composed his rst symphony. Best known for 600 songs, 9 symphonies, piano sonatas, operas, chamber works and choral music. A german song (plural word would be lieder) Second vowel is pronounced when the two vowels are next to each other. Genre meant for solo singer singing with a romantic german text + piano accompaniment. Deals with pastoral themes / romantic love most of the time. A type of drama in miniature, always looking for a text, he would look for the text and then set music to it, so the text could be represented though the music. Other lieder composers > robert schumann, johannes brahms, hugo wolf, Weren"t performed in churh nor concert halls, they were performed in people"s homes. These homes were usually wealth people"s homes that could accommodate lots of people. Entertainments were called either schubertiade or viennese salon.
