Schubert Archive

Franz Schubert’s  String Quartet No. 14, “Death and the Maiden,” is one of the pillars of the chamber music repertoire. Writing in 1824, Schubert did what many great composers do: he borrowed from himself. The …

Schubert composed the Piano Sonata in A-Major, D664 when he was on a two-month vacation at a place in Austria called Steyer. It was composed for the daughter, Josephine, of his host there. This is …

Composer Franz Schubert left us with Symphonies, chamber music, and more than 600 Lieder (songs) before he died at age 31. Schubert’s creative genius is demonstrated when he combined chamber music and song in his …

In late September or early October 1828—two months before his death—Franz Schubert completed his C-major string quintet. He passed the work to his Leipzig publisher Heinrich Albert Probst on 2 October 1828, writing in the …

The first movement of this amazing work begins with a dramatic upward flourish; then several melodies somewhat similar to Schubert’s song “Die Forrele” follow throughout the movement. The second movement, marked Andante, begins with the …