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Schubert   /ʃˈubərt/   Listen
Schubert

noun
1.
Austrian composer known for his compositions for voice and piano (1797-1828).  Synonyms: Franz Peter Schubert, Franz Schubert, Franz Seraph Peter Schubert.



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"Schubert" Quotes from Famous Books



... irresistibly impelled to supply the words. On the other hand, many of the greatest musical compositions we have were inspired, like most of MacDowell's, by some poet's lines, a single figure, sentence or stanza furnishing the theme of oratorio, cantata, opera or ballad. Schubert's genius could be fired at any time, even under the most adverse conditions, by a beautiful poem, and many writers have received the inspiration for their masterpieces ...
— Edward MacDowell • Elizabeth Fry Page

... the Germans their music. Of all the contemptible utterances that this war has produced (and it has produced a good many) none has been worse than the silly blathering against German music just because it is German. What have Beethoven, Bach, Schubert, Schumann, Wagner got to do with the politics of the present war? Leaving the arts aside, it is quite certain that in any region where careful observation and painstaking thought are required, no one can afford ...
— The Better Germany in War Time - Being some Facts towards Fellowship • Harold Picton



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