Schubert Archive

The Trio opens with a bold theme, announced by the three instruments in unison. After 16 measures, the theme continues with a completely different strain for the cello. The second theme also has two distinct …

Franz Schubert died at age 31, yet he left us a huge collection of Lieder (songs) plus chamber music, and symphonies. Composer Franz Liszt selected several of Schubert’s songs and arranged these to be played …

Gretchen am Spinnrade” was Schubert’s first successful lied written in 1814 when he was just 16, which is thoroughly impressive considering how well this piece is composed and how highly it compares to his later …

Franz Schubert’s sonata #13 is the most direct and economical of the Schubert sonatas; it surely is one of the most endearing. The first movement’s main theme, although tailor-made for the keyboard, is another of …

Schubert himself subtitled his 4th Symphony ‘Tragic’. Although the introduction to the first movement does have the sense of gloom and tragedy about it, whether the rest of the symphony has much tragedy in it …