Franz Schubert was an Austrian composer alive from 1797 until 1828. He had musical ability from an early age, which was progressed through family with his dad and brother teaching him violin and piano respectively. By eleven he had outgrown their teachings and enrolled in the Stadkonvikt school to learn orchestral music. In 1813 he went home to become a school teacher, but kept working on composing. By 1821 he was granted admission as a performing musician with the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde. In 1828 he gave a concert of his own compositions, but then he died eight months later of either typhoid fever or syphilis. He wasn't well known when alive, but after the death he gained a lot of admirers with his overwhelmingly large repertoire. He's still popular today, as evidenced by the fact that everyone has heard some version of this song in their lifetime. So I thought today that I'd give him his due.
Peace.
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