Queer Places:
Wien Museum Schubert's Birthplace, Nußdorfer Str. 54, 1090 Wien, Austria
Währinger Schubertpark, Teschnergasse 31, 1180 Wien, Austria
Vienna Central Cemetery, Simmeringer Hauptstraße 234, 1110 Wien, Austria
Franz
Peter Schubert (31 January 1797 – 19 November 1828) was an Austrian composer
of the late Classical and early Romantic eras. Despite his short lifetime,
Schubert left behind a vast oeuvre, including more than 600 secular vocal
works (mainly Lieder), seven complete symphonies, sacred music, operas,
incidental music and a large body of piano and chamber music. His major works
include the Piano Quintet in A major, D. 667 (Trout Quintet), the
Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D. 759 (Unfinished Symphony), the three last
piano sonatas (D. 958–960), the opera Fierrabras (D. 796), the
incidental music to the play Rosamunde (D. 797), and the song cycles
Die schöne Müllerin (D. 795) and Winterreise (D. 911).
The musicologist Maynard Solomon has suggested that Schubert was erotically
attracted to men,[33]
a thesis that has, at times, been heatedly debated.[34][35]
The musicologist and Schubert expert Rita Steblin has said that he was
"chasing women".[36]
The theory of Schubert's homosexuality has begun to influence the
interpretation of his work in scholarly papers.[37]
BBorn to immigrant parents in the Himmelpfortgrund suburb of Vienna,
Schubert's uncommon gifts for music were evident from an early age. His father
gave him his first violin lessons and his older brother gave him piano
lessons, but Schubert soon exceeded their abilities. In 1808, at the age of
eleven, he became a pupil at the Stadtkonvikt school, where he became
acquainted with the orchestral music of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven. He left
the Stadtkonvikt at the end of 1813, and returned home to live with his
father, where he began studying to become a schoolteacher; despite this, he
continued his studies in composition with Antonio Salieri and still composed
prolifically. In 1821, Schubert was granted admission to the Gesellschaft der
Musikfreunde as a performing member, which helped establish his name among the
Viennese citizenry. He gave a concert of his own works to critical acclaim in
March 1828, the only time he did so in his career. He died eight months later
at the age of 31, the cause officially attributed to typhoid fever, but
believed by some historians to be syphilis.
Appreciation of Schubert's music while he was alive was limited to a
relatively small circle of admirers in Vienna, but interest in his work
increased significantly in the decades following his death. Felix Mendelssohn,
Robert Schumann, Franz Liszt, Johannes Brahms and other 19th-century composers
discovered and championed his works. Today, Schubert is ranked among the
greatest composers of the 19th century, and his music continues to be popular.
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