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# **Schubertian melody: emotion made into time ** The **single defining characteristic that places Franz Schubert above any other composer in that specific realm** is **his uniquely natural ability to transform inner emotional experience…

# **Beethoven on Mozart — Opinions, Quotes, and Primary Sources** ## **1. “I shall never forget Mozart’s *****Requiem*****.”** Beethoven admired Mozart’s *Requiem* intensely. In an 1801 conversation relayed by his friend Franz Gerhard Wegeler,…

# **Franz Schubert - Rosamunde **- **Complete Incidental Music **- Utah Symphony Orchestra - **Maurice Abravanel** - Absolute Reference Recording - Fabulous [https://www.patreon.com/posts/franz-schubert-145370145?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/franz-schubert-145370145?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)

# **Beethoven - Geistertrio, Gassenhauertrio - Jörg Demus, Franz Josef Maier, Hans Deinzer, Rudolf Mandalka ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/beethoven-jorg-145229671?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/beethoven-jorg-145229671?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)

# **THE ROMANCE OF RICHARD WAGNER AND COSIMA LISZT:** PASSION, SCANDAL, AND A LIFE BUILT ON ART AND TURMOIL** Their story is one of the most **intense, controversial, and transformative love affairs** in classical…

# **Liszt Complete Piano Music, Vol. 26 - NAXOS EDITION - Franz Liszt Piano Duo: Vittorio Bresciani and Francesco Nicolosi ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/liszt-complete-144675818?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/liszt-complete-144675818?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)

# **The Romantic Piano Concerto Vol. 11 - Emil von Sauer - Franz Xaver Scharwenka ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/romantic-piano-144653198?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/romantic-piano-144653198?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)

# **THE WORLD OF THE SCHUBERTIADE ** ## **CHAPTER I — Vienna Awakens: The City that Created Schubert’s World** In the early decades of the 19th century, Vienna was a city suspended between imperial…

# **Anton Holzapfel and the Sonnleithners: The Schubertiade Households** ## **I. The Social and Cultural Landscape of Early 19th-Century Vienna** In the Vienna of the 1810s and 1820s, salons were the lifeblood of musical…

# **Schubertiade 1868, Author: ****[Moritz von Schwind](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/es:Moritz_von_Schwind)**** (1804–1871)** Drawn from memory, the picture shows Franz Schubert at the piano as well as **Josef von Spaun, Johann Michael Vogl, Franz Lachner, Moritz von Schwind, Wilhelm…

# **Franz Schubert** at an evening performance, Atzenbrugg, Vienna. Watercolour by **Leopold Kupelwieser - 1821 **

# **Schubert’s Friend: Leopold Kupelwieser (1796–1862) — The Loyal Painter-Friend** Leopold Kupelwieser entered Franz Schubert’s life at a moment when the composer was increasingly seeking not only intellectual companionship but emotional anchorage. Born in…

# **A portrait once said to be by Leopold Kupelwieser** (not authenticated) and said to be of **Franz Schubert**, probably drawn before Kupelwieser met Schubert. **Modern research suggests it is Karl Joseph Maria von…

# **Composers Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and Anatoly Lyadov. ** # **Portrait of Franz Liszt on the wall** (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

# **SCHUBERT’S FRIENDS: FRANZ VON SCHOBER (1796–1882)** ## **The Magnetic, Dangerous Friend** ## **I. The First Encounter: A Charismatic Force Enters Schubert’s Life** When **Franz von Schober** entered Schubert’s circle in 1815, he seemed…

# **Josef von Spaun (1788–1865): The Brotherly Protector** Among the many friends who drifted through Franz Schubert’s short, luminous life, **Josef von Spaun** stands as the most steadfast, devoted, and quietly heroic figure. He…

# **The Fröhlich Sisters and Their Relationship with Schubert** Among the many homes that welcomed Franz Schubert in Vienna, few were as cultured, warm, and influential as that of the **Fröhlich sisters**. Their apartment…

# **The True Friends of Franz Schubert Throughout His Life** Franz Schubert’s world was built not around fame, power, or institutional prestige—none of which he ever had—but around **friendship**. His circle, later nicknamed the…

# **Franz Lehár - Friederike - Heinz Wallberg ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/franz-lehar-144110623?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/franz-lehar-144110623?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)

# **Franz Lehár - Der Graf von Luxemburg - Willy Mattes ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/franz-lehar-der-144110131?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/franz-lehar-der-144110131?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)

# **Visiting the monument of Franz Schubert in Vienna’s Stadtpark** Visiting the monument of Franz Schubert today in Vienna’s Stadtpark felt like standing halfway between his real life and the tribute the city now…

# **SCHUBERT’S LAST 48 HOURS** # ***Vienna, 17–19 November 1828*** ## **I. The Penultimate Morning – 17 November 1828** The light that entered Franz Schubert’s small room in his brother Ferdinand’s apartment on the…

# **THE DEATH OF FRANZ SCHUBERT — A COMPLETE ANALYSIS** # **Vienna, 19 November 1828 – 3:00 p.m. approx.** **Age: 31 years, 9 months** # **1. Context: The Last Weeks (October–November 1828)** The last…