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It is almost like he knew that he would die early, the amount of music he created is astonishing, he really wasted no time, because he knew that it is limited.
He did know he was dying, from his mid-twenties. Syphillis then was like AIDS in the 80’s and 90’s. You knew you had it, and you knew everyone who got it eventually died from it.
Why listen to Schubert? Why eat food? Why breathe air? There’s no such pure and genuine music quite as Schubert. Schubert’s music is a prime example how you can achieve so much while having and using so little.
Except Beethoven was the master of the Romantic era and probably the first ever composer to write music that evokes his personal feelings and raw emotions
wouldn’t you like to know music as we know exists for at least 1000years. Every composer tried to evoke emotions, music without emotions doesn’t exist. Also, Beethoven wasn’t quite a romantism composer but rather a man of his own style (especially considering his deafness).
I MADE A MISTAKE!!! When Beethoven was 29, he was still writing his FIRST symphony! I wrote the wrong number when typing the script out and that wound up making the final cut - sorry! But that makes this fact even cooler. Also apologies for my bad German. It's great to be back.
This was a very informative and excellent video, I feel a deeper appreciation for Schubert as a result. I would love to see more “why listen to ...” videos about other composers that aren’t necessarily house hold names, ie. Mendelssohn, Satie, Poulenc. Thank you for the well put together content!
Schubert is the master of modulation. "Shifty Schubert" - he can slip the piece into a new key so subtly that you don't even realize he did it until he's already moved past it. Mozart shifts key with variations to the tune, Beethoven hammers the leading tone at you, but Schubert does it in the voice leading, where it's not as obvious. His use of harmony is is so colorful, it's hard to describe. The four hand piano fantasy, the Bb sonata, the Wanderer fantasy, the C maj quintet, the last movement of the 9th symphony. Die Schöne Müllerin is an opera for singer and pianist, where the piano is an equal partner with the singer; a talented stage designer or filmmaker could do something with that. He's a vastly underrated composer.
I've just completed my final exams of Abitur in Germany (something between high school and college phase) and one of my focuses was Schuberts Kunstlieder (Solo songs, accompanied by a single piano), and I can only approve. Packing so many things in only the accompaniment which in itself isn't even all that hard to play and moreover, having the meaning of the original lyrical piece in mind at all times and reinforcing it through the music is a real achievement, maybe on of its kind.
Schubert is one of my favorites! As a pianist, my favorite thing about his songs (that you made clear, but I don't think outright stated) is that he makes the accompaniment integral to the piece; not just as a complement to the singer, but part of the larger whole, where one cannot exist without the other. My overall favorite thing about Schubert is that he appeals so much to someone like me who would happily drown in melancholy. He sometimes pushes into outright depressive areas, but so much of his music has such a perfect tinge of sadness that really keeps me emotionally engaged.
Franz Schubert has quickly become my favorite composer of all time as I have been rediscovering classical music these two years. His music is intimate, little in scale, but powerful in emotions.
My dads best friend came from a long line of German aristocrats and he actually inherited Schuberts piano. I got the honour to play some pieces on the piano before he donated to the German state. It was truly a magical experience. He also inherited Adolph Menzels original sketches and rough drawings and his own personal sketchbook and i often look through the notes and the scribbles and almost masterpieces of themselves while i visit him.
Exactly, it's absolutely art. They are just poetries and I can feel each and every notes on my skin. I want to forget their memory and listen them for the first time and feel lost in his music again.
@@kalixberen why would you put rachmaninoff on the same tier as bach and beethoven LMAO, unless of course, you unironically enjoy listening to corny, over noted, sappy, lush, and sentimental music that sounds like movie soundtrack..? hmm, let me guess, i bet your favourite piece by rach is his piano concerto 2/3 ? ;-)
why is Vivaldi never mentioned as one of the greats and giants ?!! his music was so influential and ahead of its time , even Bach recognised his works and interpreted some of them on the Organ. Vivaldi is overlooked very often and I still can't understand why .
@@SongYang-v2s On the contrary, I've seen most of this guy's videos and whenever he says: "(enter composer name ) is compared to great composers like Mozart and Bach"... in my opinion, Vivaldi was a greater composer than Bach and Mozart, and it's unfair that his music is associated with simplicity and repetitiveness
There is no doubt: Schubert was and is one of the greatest composers to have ever lived. His music enriches and comforts and consoles and will do so for all time.
Maybe they wouldn't have composed much music at all had they lived another 20 years. Thinking of Rossini and Sibelius, they virtually packed it in and lived many more years..
Around one month before his death, Beethoven was presented with handwritten copies of various Schubert songs. After looking into the works of the younger composer, Beethoven is said to have exclaimed: “Truly, in this Schubert there dwells a divine spark!.”
for me Schubert is very near and dear to my heart - I have been listening to (and composing) classical music since I was a child - of all the symphonies i have heard and loved, it is now the Schubert Symphony # 6 that has emerged as my most favorite in the last few years - i don't think there is another piece of music that I enjoy so thoroughly - i truly love to listen to it over and over again - it just goes to show that each one of us may discover some music not as well known and find that it speaks to us better than works that are much more established in the regular concert hall repertoire
@@joekbaron1205 probably a somewhat obscure choice, but the one I love the most is from 1994 with the Failoni Orchestra of Budapest conducted by Michael Halász
@@joekbaron1205 not really - lol - honestly i have my small list of favorites for various symphonies and i stubbornly stick with them - but i guess that's the fun of it for all of us to find our favorites - although i imagine many classical music listeners are not nearly so narrow-minded and picky as me !
WOW! I cannot believe The Algorithm suggested this to me. This was amazing, seriously amazing. I saw Winterreise many years ago and it knocked me senseless. Literally. I spent 15 years studying it, and I finally sang the entire piece, even though I don't speak German and I am a completely self taught musician. The power of the music was THAT strong, and I am forever grateful that it hit me and changed me. I can share my clumsy attempt at the masterpiece if you are interested, but that is not important. Schubert is important.
The Coda in Gretchen Am Spinnrade is so deeply Viennese and philosophically draws from the sonata allegro form where a return to the opening theme feels drastically different if the composer has done their artistic job of writing a rich development, which Schubert does here. "My peace is gone, my heart heavy" can be dually considered to be a return to Gretchen's previous state of despair, but the words themselves could ALSO mean that her peace has been replaced by desire and lust, her heart is heavy with yearning and infatuation. The "coda" is a stroke of genius - not even Gretchen knows how far her heart has travelled until she sings those familiar words again with a fresh perspective. The mark of a great homage to sonata allegro is if you can come back to the opening theme with more than one meaning and impression in tow.
Yes, Schubert is a true master. Some of his songs (e.g. "Der Wanderer") are like little operas, stuffed with drama, emotion, and a genius composition of musical inventions. Thank for explaining that so brilliantly. A masterpiece of a video!
I love this. Since we’re all in quarantine, I’m compelled to play Schubert myself. My boyfriend recently passed away and he was also a musician. This would’ve been the perfect time to learn and play Schubert together.
Schubert wrote the EVEREST work of wester music: his quintet with two cellos. He wrote this quintet along his late three month of life. Forgive my bad english. Mi mother language is spanish.
@@luisdiazlopez3712 Your English is good enough to be understood (and much better than my Spanish!). I share your opinion 100% - it is my all time favourite piece of music, across all genres that I have encountered. It has been so for more than 50 years. The only serious challenger (for me) from another composer would be the slow movement of Beethoven's Choral Symphony.
Wow, I think I am going to have to explore some more of Schubert’s masterpieces! As a classically trained singer, I have learned many of his Lieder and have grown to love them so much. I also love his 5th Symphony since it is probably the most played on my classical music radio station, and that symphony can put me in a happy mood no matter what is going on in life. But I think this video has just gone to show me that there is so much other greatness from Schubert that I have not yet listened to, and that I need to seek it out and find it. Plus, your explanation as to why “Gretchen Am Spinnrade” is so excellent is just so self-explanatory and simple that almost anyone can be persuaded as to just how great a work it is! I just want to let you know that I absolutely love your channel. As a young classical music enthusiast, your videos help deepen my love of classical music with every video I watch of yours, and this one was definitely no exception. Keep up the excellent work, and thank you for inspiring me to continue to fall deeper in love with classical music!
If you listen to Fischer-Dieskau sing Schubert and remain unconvinced Schubert is one of the best lyricists, nothing will convince you. Schubert is not regarded as the equal to the Bach, Beethoven etc but there is undoubtedly beauty and genius in what he did. And he suffered through life which showed in his songs. The cost of the paper he wrote his music on was more than the money he earned from it. He was not bitter about this and musicians have to remember this when they interpret. And to this day, we continue to listen to it...
Schubert is undoubtedly one of my favorite composers. The way that he is able to convey emotion through his music is absolutely breathtaking. “Du Bist Die Ruh” was one of the first compositions I learned when I began studying opera, and it will always have a special place in my heart.
Schubert is one of my absolute favourite composers of all time if not the favourite. Schuberts music touches my heart like noone else does. He is an absolute genious. I played so much Schubert on piano the last 2 years and I always try to show my friends how great Schuberts music is. Thank you for this video!
Shubert is genuinelly my most loved classical musician, the feeling his pieces bring is unmatched. But i have to say, Mozart at 17 whrote his 25th Symphony, one of the best pieces i've ever heard. I mean, both pieces and both compositors are incredibly great, but Shubert is better in my eyes by the emotions he can transmit. It's just that he died too young, i wish he had more time for us to really see what he was able to do
I grew up listening to music by F.Schubert. Even before I was born, those stories reached me. When my father practised the lieds of Winterreise and Die Schöne Mullerin, I played under the grand piano and listened the music. It was the soundtrack of my childhood, my life. The emotions every single Schubert piece makes me feel is greater than life. The warmth and the attitude is the basis of my musicality. My father was able to perform Winterreise one more time in a concert before he finally died a few years ago. Hopefully I am able to continue where he left. Thank you for this amazing video
There is something about Schubert's astonishingly beautiful and melancholy music that touches my tear ducts - I can't help but cry. Crazy but wonderful. Thank-you for this summation.
Thank you for this!!! I never understood why some consider Schubert as inferior to the 'Great Masters', I have always thought of him as one of them, if not one of the greatest of them, his quintet is one the greatest pieces of music ever written, and is Arthur Rubinstein's favourite piece of music (according to him in an interview). As for Vladimir Horowitz, he said in an interview that Schubert was the greatest genius of all of them, his music was futuristic, he then said that the beauty of Schubert's music was unmatched, and he said this "Beethoven could never write one note of Schubert's music". So please, let's not feed this wierd consensus that Schubert is inferior, it's actually quite the opposite, in many ways he is superior.
Many years ago I had the opportunity of interviewing the great Paul Tortelier (as amazing in the flesh as his cello playing) and I asked him (don't cringe) if he had a favourite piece of music (I was very young at the time). He said not really, explained that all music was like a river with many tributaries, and then with characteristic generosity he gave me a one-minute potted history of Western music on the piano. Then he said, "Ah, but there is one piece which is very special to me." It was Schubert's string quintet. "Because," he said, "in the second movement you can hear two souls touch one another. I rushed out and bought the record, and he was right. You can.
@@fredneecher1746 oh yes!! Especially when the bows get to sing with the pizzicato, you are so right, there is a video of Arthur Rubinstein(just type Arthur rubinstein schubert gateway to heaven) he says in the interview that he always told his wife to play a record of this quintet when he's in his death bed, he said this piece (especially the second movement where the pizzicato just tickles your soal) is his gateway to heaven where he resigns happilly. Schubert wrote this great quintet shortly before his death, (sorry for the cringe) but it's almost as if it's his farewell to music and life. And thank you for that beautiful account of your interview with Paul Tortelier, it always gets me whenever the greats speak so profoundly about one particular piece of music.
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Well said. To me he is the greatest composer in history even by the sheer volume when he died at 31. He was imitated and admired by all composers after him. Mozart and Beethoven composed for the privileged; Schubert’s exquisite creation is for all.
Establishing categories between artists is uselessly risky. There is something much simpler, preferences: I prefer Beethoven's sonatas but I fully understand those who might prefer Schubert. I have recently followed a video of the recital that Andras Shiffty gave in 2018, with the D 960 sonata, followed by Beethoven's No. 32, op 111. I recommend watching this video because it allows you to perfectly compare two masterpieces, wonderfully performed. In the end I stayed with Beethoven, but I understand that others prefer otherwise. In any case, great music.
He is among musicians, but i feel like as a household name most people don't know who he is. Like i didn't even learn who he was until a couple years after i really starting to listen to classical music a lot (that might also be because he didn't write much solo work for the oboe to be fair).
@@MichaelWilliams-ow9ue Exactly. I adore Schubert, but also many, many other composers. And still there's none I've actually heard every piece of. There are too many greats and many were too productive. It just happens I got lucky among all of Schubert's work before possibly moving on i.e. mainly "Der Erlkönig" and "Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt".
I think the reason he has not become that popular is: People often want to listen to great music with good structure and genious ideas but at the same time they don´t want to be thrown off course emotionally. Schubert´s music (at least) equals in the brilliance and creativity the great ones, but it is so intriguing you are remembered of things of your own past, you get involved in epoch, you start identifying with different characters, you think about god, death, relationships, nature and the situation of the composer himself. And here we get to the problem: His life story is always told in such a depressing way, that he was a poor human being always struggling in life. No woman, no sleep, death in his mind, die young, blabla... If you are biased in that way, well off course you connect that to all the music and might feel depression. Many people are biased on Schuberts life situation and therefore cannot experience his whole oeuvre because its emotionally too much.
I am really and deeply impressed! I was never able to understand musical patterns and music in general - I not even learned to play an instrument, besides training my voice in a choir I had no musical understanding beyond maybe the average - but while going through that Corona shutdown I came to your side and was magically fascinated and immediately drawn to this video, dear Insight the Score! And you made me want to know more on Schubert... Greetings, many thanks and respect from Ger,many!
Love your breakdown of Gretchen and Spinnrade! I had the pleasure of working with a Russian opera conductor as he did a similar analysis of Chopin's Prelude in D Minor, breaking down the notation and musical structure with the story it was telling. Please do more of this on your channel-would love to see more!
Franz Schubert, I love his music, it is so full of soul, passion, emotion and honesty, the full human spectrum. He is the Greatest as far as I’m concerned, others are also Great but I put him at no.1. His early death, along with the equally early death of Jimi Hendrix (also created sounds in music to reflect the whole human spectrum) are to me the most tragic losses in musical history. If Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Chopin, Wagner, Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky, Vivaldi, Rossini, Verdi (all favourites of mine) and Schubert had all been on the Titanic and there was room for only one more in the lifeboat, it would be Schubert who got the seat, sorry guys lol
Victor Borge said that all composers would be seated in the Heavenly hall, but Mozart would have his own suite, ha ha. But your reasoning is even better!
Tú has llevado la comprensión de la música a un nivel superlativo, sublime. He disfrutado cada segundo de este maravilloso relato. No sé nada de música, no tengo ninguna habilidad para tocar algún instrumento, no obstante, casi de forma intuitiva he disfrutado la música, especialmente la ópera. Tus videos me han dado una motivación para profundizar en el conocimiento y entendimiento de este maravilloso arte. Muchas gracias por tus invaluables videos.
Schubert is one of the few that I put in the same ranks as Bach and Beethoven. Gretchen at the Spinning Wheel is a musical and literary apotheosis of Romanticism. It's all there. The passion. The restlessness. The storytelling, the drama. The depiction in the music of the drama, of the story, of its passions. The fascination with the passionate emotions. And this was just the beginning. Many great masterpieces were yet to come. In my opinion, Schubert's string quartets stand alongside Beethoven's as the pinnacle of the genre, and his Arpeggione Sonata stands alongside Debussy's Cello Sonata as the finest work ever written for melody instrument and piano. His string quintet stands alongside his finest symphonies and string quartets. His last two symphonies stand alongside the symphonies of Beethoven and Mahler. The deep melody deep in the baritone range that opens the Unfinished Symphony is for me one of the greatest moments of music ever. The classical music tradition is perhaps Europe's finest contribution to the universe. And Schubert stands as one of the top few in that tradition, alongside Bach and Beethoven and Debussy and Wagner. Deep thought, powerful emotion, and the finest melodies in the Western world alongside those of Debussy. A genius!
He’s amazing. Would love to see a video on his Piano Trio no. 2 D. 929, specifically the second movement. The breadth of emotion in that piece is huge and I’d definitely like to learn more about where it came from for the composer.
Absolutely agreed Schubert is one of the greatest composer. He also has 2 master pieces for the violin. Fantasies in C and the Grand Duo in A for Violin and Piano.
I was so scared that this yt channel might've been inactive since this was posted a year ago and classical music isn't exactly a "hot" topic that gives you new material on a regular basis, but I saw last video being made 4 weeks ago and I can't describe how happy I am 💗 Please, don't stop making videos like these. it's very, very much needed 🖤
'Gretchen am Spinnrade' is one of those Schubert pieces (not only Lieder) that again and again bring me to tears for that emotional power expressed in the music. To me, he IS the Greatest. There are suggestions that one of the reasons that he is often not seen as so great is the fact that he was not a virtuoso player himself, which may have been why hardly any of his music was published during his lifetime. Another point might have been that publishers felt that his wide harmonic explorations would not have found many appreciative listeners/players.
Thank you so much for this. Schubert is my favorite composer and it makes me sad he is often overlooked. I'm always excited to see stuff like this that will hopefully bring more interest and appreciation for him.
Growing up in Siberia region of Soviet Union, I didn't have easy access to classical recordings. Yet, my mom had a few LP's - Beethoven's Appassionata with Richter, and piano sonatas 14 and 27 with Walter Gieseking, Chopin's concerto 1 with Galina Czerny-Stefanska. When I got my first pocket money as Uni stipend (55 rubles monthly!), I spend some of that to buy records. One day I bought an LP with Schubert sonatas 13 A minor, 14 A major, recorded by Sviatoslav Richter. I fell in love with this music instantly. Later I got an LP with sonata 7, recorded by Nassedkin. When CDs become available, I bought Richter recordings of more Shubert sonatas. They are amazing. Shubert is one of the greatest, there's no doubt.
It might be worth mentioning that Schubert wrote two lovely songs for single voice, piano and a wind instrument ("Auf dem Strom" - horn - and "Der Hirt auf dem Felsen" - clarinet). In addition, he wrote several works for multiple voices with or without any accompaniment, and some of these are extremely beautiful although rarely encountered.
Thanks, I loved this. I think Schubert is the singular, most underrated composer of the classical era. His lieder are artistic masterpieces. I love the way he modulates through keys. His melody is always gorgeous. I think the impromptus are some of the most beautiful piano music. I loved the quote from Brendal Beethoven writes like an architect and Schubert like a sleepwalker. I think the key modulation is an attribute of that. Anyway a great job pointing out what makes Schubert one of the masters!
Especially the first set. "Impromptu" is a weird name for something so beautifully and carefully crafted (I think it was the publisher's idea, to get sales)
@@kojiattwood I do that alot, especially great vocal/choral works (think Schütz) for brass. The precess really helps you get into the head of the composer more than any other method IMHO.
This is an absolutely great tribute to Schubert. So affirming are your descriptions and story telling. Viva Franz Schubert: taking out the piano sonatas and listening playing and studying them. Thank you !!
True! Personally I wholeheartedly hold and believe that Schubert without a doubt, is and should figure among the greatest geniuses of classical music. His musical portfolio is astoundingly prolific and beautiful! Having lived to be a mere 31 years. What a tragedy!
I’m so impressed by your depth of knowledge, the care that you’ve taken to create a successful listening experience and yes, I think Schubert is a genius. Thank you.❤
Great video, Schubert is one of my favorite composers too. His masses are great too, for example check out his Mass in Eb Major, the Credo is an absolute masterpiece of music.
A truly elegant explication of Schubert’s short tenure, and long legacy. Since Covid, I’ve been prefiguring exactly what you describe-listening to voices from my earlier memories, to my own thoughts, and to Schubert! Especially his piano music, with that heartbreaking sonata in Bb Major leaving me weepy everytime
I’m glad you made a note of the intimacy of Schubert. Schubert was not a man of large-scale concerts. He would enjoy going to see an Italian opera with his friends, but that is the extent to which people would see him in the large-scale public music scene. It was the home, the middle-class gatherings, where Schubert felt completely free. He was a very talented pianist, despite what musicologists may tell you. The best example to convince a listener of this would NOT be the lieder; most of them are quite easy to perform for a novice pianist like myself. One must look at the dances and the impromptus to hear that virtuosic Schubert. It is not a Lisztian virtuosity, but more of an intimate, feathery virtuosity that puts the listener into hypnosis. There is SUCH STRONG EMOTION in Schubert.
Schubert created wonderful melodies. When I was a teen, Schubert, beside Vivaldi and Beethoven, was one of the few classical music composers that I actually enjoyed listening. No Mozart in this short list mind you.
After decades of not having any taste for classical music one day as part of some feet on TH-cam I heard Schubert for the first time. I didn't know what the music was I just knew that there was an innocence to it that made me feel a lot of feelings. So, I've just begun my journey! I thought I'd like others, but alas, I found them loud, abrasive. And not warm at all. I hope when I listen to others by him, they will resonate with my soul like" Serenade"
Schubert is one of my favorite composer ! As a violonist, I really enjoyed playing his first trio (op.99). Your explanations about the lied are very interesting and generally, I love how Schubert uses repeting patterns to symbolise something (another examples of that is the death theme in the second movement of "das Mädchen und der Tod" or in the second trio).
I am Dutch and I learned German for many years at school, so I feel very much at home (pun intended) in Schubert’s songs, which is a great bonus, because I love Schubert’s music in general. I also love Constable’s beautifully Romantic paintings, they fit very well with Schubert. P.S. Who is the singer in Gretchen am Spinnrade? Kiri Te Kanawa? Maybe not. Anyway, a wonderful performance, from what I hear.
I think he much better. He doesn't feed the masses with pompously exaggerated tunes. He takes it slow, and in that way he serves the listener much more intricate, complex and novel Melodies and Harmonies. Being a simple man, who was poor and not part of the haute voleé, the stories he tells are relatable and real, not made to excite crowds but to deeply touch each individual.
Agreed that Schubert usually doesn't make the top 3 or so "greatest" composers. But the description "most beloved" will put him in good standing. Oddly, despite his amazing facility with melody, he seems to be a slight bit of an acquired taste. Perhaps it's due to the length issue talked about in this video. But it's not just length in clock time. He really takes his time exploring an emotion from the inside out and you have to stick with it (as a listener AND as a performer of his music), even if it's only a 90 second Lied. I remember making that decision to "stick it out" when I was 16 or 17 years old, listening to Fritz Wunderlich and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau recordings. I've listened to lots of music in my life but if I had to choose one composer that has moved me the most deeply over the course of my lifetime, it's Schubert.
it is so heart warming to see someone give recognition to the amazing Schubert in this modern era. He truly deserves more praises for his beautiful music he left us with. Another composer that I discovered who is also amazing is JOSEPH WOLFL, who is slightly older than Schubert. Search for JOSEPH WOLFL in youtube and be amazed :-)
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"Wer die Musik liebt, kann nie ganz unglücklich werden."
"He who loves music can never truly be unhappy"
-F. Schubert
Irony is that I listen to Schubert to feel unhappiness.
Jude does Classics - I listen to Schubert to know that I am not alone in my unhappiness.
Jude.....So true.
Unless he is deprived of music.
@@ve1803 its a mixture of both in German
It is almost like he knew that he would die early, the amount of music he created is astonishing, he really wasted no time, because he knew that it is limited.
He did know he was dying, from his mid-twenties. Syphillis then was like AIDS in the 80’s and 90’s. You knew you had it, and you knew everyone who got it eventually died from it.
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Many had had tuberculosis for years as well.
He reminds me of Hamilton.
Why do you write like you’re running out of time?! Why do you write like you need it to survive?!
Why listen to Schubert? Why eat food? Why breathe air? There’s no such pure and genuine music quite as Schubert. Schubert’s music is a prime example how you can achieve so much while having and using so little.
Except Beethoven was the master of the Romantic era and probably the first ever composer to write music that evokes his personal feelings and raw emotions
wouldn’t you like to know music as we know exists for at least 1000years. Every composer tried to evoke emotions, music without emotions doesn’t exist. Also, Beethoven wasn’t quite a romantism composer but rather a man of his own style (especially considering his deafness).
The String Quintet. The freaking C major String Quintet.
Bravo, I agree with You.
@@iknowexactlywhoyouare8701 Beethoven was a Master of the Classic Period, not Romantic.
Ave Maria is one of the most beautiful melodies that I have ever heard.
Yes, I completely agree. It's like ...where or how did Schubert come up w/ that. I'd love to come up w/ a melody like that.
JJ Peterson well boy you can trace down all the way to renaissance period
Really? -.- From all of Schubert's famous works I like this one the least. It's cheap, not comparable to some of his masterpieces.
Absolutely
stefanie3831 maybe you’ve become desensitized to it because its often played
I MADE A MISTAKE!!! When Beethoven was 29, he was still writing his FIRST symphony! I wrote the wrong number when typing the script out and that wound up making the final cut - sorry! But that makes this fact even cooler.
Also apologies for my bad German. It's great to be back.
Yes I did a double take on that...thanks for the correction!
Well...give us about 10 years and maybe then we can forgive this grave error. :p
Dein Deutsch ist sehr gut!
Would you make another “Listening Club”, won’t you ?
This was a very informative and excellent video, I feel a deeper appreciation for Schubert as a result. I would love to see more “why listen to ...” videos about other composers that aren’t necessarily house hold names, ie. Mendelssohn, Satie, Poulenc. Thank you for the well put together content!
"we don't put schubert in the same ranks as bach, mozart and beethoven"
*...... wait. we don't??*
Lol i thought the same
MOST people don´t.
Franz Schubert nooo franzie :( you’re number one in my heart
Mostly, he wrote for friends and their parties. He apparently enjoyed the dancing, drinking, etc. and died with flu or pneumonia in winter.
I dont
Thanks for the video. Just a friendly correction: "Lieder" is German for "songs" (plural). "Lied" is German for "song" (singular)
Rechtschreibung!
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@@phy2sp33 was passt den an der Rechtschreibung nicht
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Elfen lied.
Schubert is the master of modulation. "Shifty Schubert" - he can slip the piece into a new key so subtly that you don't even realize he did it until he's already moved past it. Mozart shifts key with variations to the tune, Beethoven hammers the leading tone at you, but Schubert does it in the voice leading, where it's not as obvious. His use of harmony is is so colorful, it's hard to describe. The four hand piano fantasy, the Bb sonata, the Wanderer fantasy, the C maj quintet, the last movement of the 9th symphony. Die Schöne Müllerin is an opera for singer and pianist, where the piano is an equal partner with the singer; a talented stage designer or filmmaker could do something with that. He's a vastly underrated composer.
I've just completed my final exams of Abitur in Germany (something between high school and college phase) and one of my focuses was Schuberts Kunstlieder (Solo songs, accompanied by a single piano), and I can only approve. Packing so many things in only the accompaniment which in itself isn't even all that hard to play and moreover, having the meaning of the original lyrical piece in mind at all times and reinforcing it through the music is a real achievement, maybe on of its kind.
Oh yes these chord shifts are so special
The same thought I had about anything Dvořak wrote
I am going to look for this in his music now lol
I like that hammering though because i feel like if you modulate the key then it should have a noticeable effect
Schubert is one of my favorites! As a pianist, my favorite thing about his songs (that you made clear, but I don't think outright stated) is that he makes the accompaniment integral to the piece; not just as a complement to the singer, but part of the larger whole, where one cannot exist without the other. My overall favorite thing about Schubert is that he appeals so much to someone like me who would happily drown in melancholy. He sometimes pushes into outright depressive areas, but so much of his music has such a perfect tinge of sadness that really keeps me emotionally engaged.
“he makes the accompaniment integral to the piece . . .” this could be said about many composers
Jonathan Strand Yes, but none so well as Schubert.
This. Thank you. 🙂
@@jonathanDstrandI always wonder what infirmity of the spirit moves someone to bother with a comment like yours
Franz Schubert has quickly become my favorite composer of all time as I have been rediscovering classical music these two years. His music is intimate, little in scale, but powerful in emotions.
My dads best friend came from a long line of German aristocrats and he actually inherited Schuberts piano. I got the honour to play some pieces on the piano before he donated to the German state. It was truly a magical experience. He also inherited Adolph Menzels original sketches and rough drawings and his own personal sketchbook and i often look through the notes and the scribbles and almost masterpieces of themselves while i visit him.
The Standchen/Serenade is so beautiful. He's such a lyrical composer.
Exactly, it's absolutely art. They are just poetries and I can feel each and every notes on my skin. I want to forget their memory and listen them for the first time and feel lost in his music again.
Liszt did it justice too
Agreed
Me at 17:
Schubert at 17: composes two songs a day including masterpieces
Well, he was old at that time
Me at 17: can't describe on TH-cam comments
@Jordan - being 17 in that time is closer to death then today
Me at 17:
I'm not even 17
Schubert has alway been one of the greatest for me. He really was a genius. Thanks for the video about his work.
Go listen Beethoven :D
@@apostolismoschopoulos1876 ... And Rachmaninov, Bach and many other great composer, Still Shubert is on the very top for me. :-)
I agree
@@kalixberen why would you put rachmaninoff on the same tier as bach and beethoven LMAO, unless of course, you unironically enjoy listening to corny, over noted, sappy, lush, and sentimental music that sounds like movie soundtrack..? hmm, let me guess, i bet your favourite piece by rach is his piano concerto 2/3 ? ;-)
@@samaritan29 Bah, all these romantic, over-sentimental drama queens ;)
why is Vivaldi never mentioned as one of the greats and giants ?!! his music was so influential and ahead of its time , even Bach recognised his works and interpreted some of them on the Organ. Vivaldi is overlooked very often and I still can't understand why .
We do a lot of his stuff in book 4 of Suzuki violin book
Vivaldi an Purcell are both next to Bach for me. All 3 combined complete the genre.
He was talking about the exponents of Viennese classic in that time...
Why? Because the topic here is Franz Schubert. There's tons of info, videos on Vivaldi if you only bother to look.
@@SongYang-v2s On the contrary, I've seen most of this guy's videos and whenever he says: "(enter composer name ) is compared to great composers like Mozart and Bach"... in my opinion, Vivaldi was a greater composer than Bach and Mozart, and it's unfair that his music is associated with simplicity and repetitiveness
There is no doubt: Schubert was and is one of the greatest composers to have ever lived. His music enriches and comforts and consoles and will do so for all time.
Me at the record store looking for Schubert:
"Take me to your lieder."
The best for a long time!
Schubert is my favourite composer. His music is so beautiful.
Of all the great composers, Schubert’s music is always closest to my heart.
Imagine if he had lived for another 10-20 years.
imagine if beethoven had lived for another 20 years
He might have got confidence to write a concerto. Something along the lines of wanderer fantasy.
In my opinion irrelevant... when you wrote so many great pieces there is nothing left to say.
imagine if Kalinnikov had lived for another 30 years.He would have written more great symphonies
Maybe they wouldn't have composed much music at all had they lived another 20 years. Thinking of Rossini and Sibelius, they virtually packed it in and lived many more years..
Thanks for this great contribution.
Around one month before his death, Beethoven was presented with handwritten copies of various Schubert songs. After looking into the works of the younger composer, Beethoven is said to have exclaimed: “Truly, in this Schubert there dwells a divine spark!.”
for me Schubert is very near and dear to my heart - I have been listening to (and composing) classical music since I was a child - of all the symphonies i have heard and loved, it is now the Schubert Symphony # 6 that has emerged as my most favorite in the last few years - i don't think there is another piece of music that I enjoy so thoroughly - i truly love to listen to it over and over again - it just goes to show that each one of us may discover some music not as well known and find that it speaks to us better than works that are much more established in the regular concert hall repertoire
Val Lamon - on your last point.... I have found that to be so true many times.
Can you tell me your preferred recording of the 6th symphony?
@@joekbaron1205 probably a somewhat obscure choice, but the one I love the most is from 1994 with the Failoni Orchestra of Budapest conducted by Michael Halász
@@VallaMusic thanks, I will give it a listen, if I don’t like it for some reason, do you have another recommendation? I will listen to it now btw
@@joekbaron1205 not really - lol - honestly i have my small list of favorites for various symphonies and i stubbornly stick with them - but i guess that's the fun of it for all of us to find our favorites - although i imagine many classical music listeners are not nearly so narrow-minded and picky as me !
WOW! I cannot believe The Algorithm suggested this to me. This was amazing, seriously amazing. I saw Winterreise many years ago and it knocked me senseless. Literally. I spent 15 years studying it, and I finally sang the entire piece, even though I don't speak German and I am a completely self taught musician. The power of the music was THAT strong, and I am forever grateful that it hit me and changed me. I can share my clumsy attempt at the masterpiece if you are interested, but that is not important. Schubert is important.
Beautiful. Thank you. “Schubert is the poet of home and the lost of home.” - Roger Scruton
The Coda in Gretchen Am Spinnrade is so deeply Viennese and philosophically draws from the sonata allegro form where a return to the opening theme feels drastically different if the composer has done their artistic job of writing a rich development, which Schubert does here. "My peace is gone, my heart heavy" can be dually considered to be a return to Gretchen's previous state of despair, but the words themselves could ALSO mean that her peace has been replaced by desire and lust, her heart is heavy with yearning and infatuation. The "coda" is a stroke of genius - not even Gretchen knows how far her heart has travelled until she sings those familiar words again with a fresh perspective.
The mark of a great homage to sonata allegro is if you can come back to the opening theme with more than one meaning and impression in tow.
Yes, Schubert is a true master.
Some of his songs (e.g. "Der Wanderer") are like little operas, stuffed with drama, emotion, and a genius composition of musical inventions.
Thank for explaining that so brilliantly.
A masterpiece of a video!
Rainer Groß, Erlkonig is one of my favorites
I love this. Since we’re all in quarantine, I’m compelled to play Schubert myself. My boyfriend recently passed away and he was also a musician. This would’ve been the perfect time to learn and play Schubert together.
I’m sorry for your loss, hope you’re doing and playing well
Schubert wrote the EVEREST work of wester music: his quintet with two cellos. He wrote this quintet along his late three month of life.
Forgive my bad english. Mi mother language is spanish.
@@luisdiazlopez3712 Your English is good enough to be understood (and much better than my Spanish!). I share your opinion 100% - it is my all time favourite piece of music, across all genres that I have encountered. It has been so for more than 50 years. The only serious challenger (for me) from another composer would be the slow movement of Beethoven's Choral Symphony.
So sorry for your loss - I hope you found solace in Schubert?
I'm sorry for your loss
Wow, I think I am going to have to explore some more of Schubert’s masterpieces! As a classically trained singer, I have learned many of his Lieder and have grown to love them so much. I also love his 5th Symphony since it is probably the most played on my classical music radio station, and that symphony can put me in a happy mood no matter what is going on in life. But I think this video has just gone to show me that there is so much other greatness from Schubert that I have not yet listened to, and that I need to seek it out and find it. Plus, your explanation as to why “Gretchen Am Spinnrade” is so excellent is just so self-explanatory and simple that almost anyone can be persuaded as to just how great a work it is! I just want to let you know that I absolutely love your channel. As a young classical music enthusiast, your videos help deepen my love of classical music with every video I watch of yours, and this one was definitely no exception. Keep up the excellent work, and thank you for inspiring me to continue to fall deeper in love with classical music!
i particularly love the first movement of the 5th symphony - what a joy it is !
Totally agree! I'll whistle it right now!
If you listen to Fischer-Dieskau sing Schubert and remain unconvinced Schubert is one of the best lyricists, nothing will convince you.
Schubert is not regarded as the equal to the Bach, Beethoven etc but there is undoubtedly beauty and genius in what he did.
And he suffered through life which showed in his songs. The cost of the paper he wrote his music on was more than the money he earned from it. He was not bitter about this and musicians have to remember this when they interpret. And to this day, we continue to listen to it...
Schubert is undoubtedly one of my favorite composers. The way that he is able to convey emotion through his music is absolutely breathtaking. “Du Bist Die Ruh” was one of the first compositions I learned when I began studying opera, and it will always have a special place in my heart.
Schubert is one of my absolute favourite composers of all time if not the favourite. Schuberts music touches my heart like noone else does. He is an absolute genious. I played so much Schubert on piano the last 2 years and I always try to show my friends how great Schuberts music is. Thank you for this video!
I agree that his music penetrates more deeply than any other. My limited piano repertoire is about 50% Schubert.
Shubert is genuinelly my most loved classical musician, the feeling his pieces bring is unmatched. But i have to say, Mozart at 17 whrote his 25th Symphony, one of the best pieces i've ever heard. I mean, both pieces and both compositors are incredibly great, but Shubert is better in my eyes by the emotions he can transmit. It's just that he died too young, i wish he had more time for us to really see what he was able to do
The Eb major piano trio is one of my favorite pieces of music ever
I grew up listening to music by F.Schubert. Even before I was born, those stories reached me. When my father practised the lieds of Winterreise and Die Schöne Mullerin, I played under the grand piano and listened the music. It was the soundtrack of my childhood, my life. The emotions every single Schubert piece makes me feel is greater than life. The warmth and the attitude is the basis of my musicality. My father was able to perform Winterreise one more time in a concert before he finally died a few years ago. Hopefully I am able to continue where he left.
Thank you for this amazing video
There is something about Schubert's astonishingly beautiful and melancholy music that touches my tear ducts - I can't help but cry. Crazy but wonderful. Thank-you for this summation.
Thank you for this!!! I never understood why some consider Schubert as inferior to the 'Great Masters', I have always thought of him as one of them, if not one of the greatest of them, his quintet is one the greatest pieces of music ever written, and is Arthur Rubinstein's favourite piece of music (according to him in an interview). As for Vladimir Horowitz, he said in an interview that Schubert was the greatest genius of all of them, his music was futuristic, he then said that the beauty of Schubert's music was unmatched, and he said this "Beethoven could never write one note of Schubert's music". So please, let's not feed this wierd consensus that Schubert is inferior, it's actually quite the opposite, in many ways he is superior.
Many years ago I had the opportunity of interviewing the great Paul Tortelier (as amazing in the flesh as his cello playing) and I asked him (don't cringe) if he had a favourite piece of music (I was very young at the time). He said not really, explained that all music was like a river with many tributaries, and then with characteristic generosity he gave me a one-minute potted history of Western music on the piano. Then he said, "Ah, but there is one piece which is very special to me." It was Schubert's string quintet. "Because," he said, "in the second movement you can hear two souls touch one another. I rushed out and bought the record, and he was right. You can.
@@fredneecher1746 oh yes!! Especially when the bows get to sing with the pizzicato, you are so right, there is a video of Arthur Rubinstein(just type Arthur rubinstein schubert gateway to heaven) he says in the interview that he always told his wife to play a record of this quintet when he's in his death bed, he said this piece (especially the second movement where the pizzicato just tickles your soal) is his gateway to heaven where he resigns happilly. Schubert wrote this great quintet shortly before his death, (sorry for the cringe) but it's almost as if it's his farewell to music and life.
And thank you for that beautiful account of your interview with Paul Tortelier, it always gets me whenever the greats speak so profoundly about one particular piece of music.
Well said. To me he is the greatest composer in history even by the sheer volume when he died at 31. He was imitated and admired by all composers after him. Mozart and Beethoven composed for the privileged; Schubert’s exquisite creation is for all.
Establishing categories between artists is uselessly risky. There is something much simpler, preferences: I prefer Beethoven's sonatas but I fully understand those who might prefer Schubert. I have recently followed a video of the recital that Andras Shiffty gave in 2018, with the D 960 sonata, followed by Beethoven's No. 32, op 111. I recommend watching this video because it allows you to perfectly compare two masterpieces, wonderfully performed. In the end I stayed with Beethoven, but I understand that others prefer otherwise. In any case, great music.
But his ranking is still quite high up there...
i see you in twosets comment sections as well.
He is among musicians, but i feel like as a household name most people don't know who he is. Like i didn't even learn who he was until a couple years after i really starting to listen to classical music a lot (that might also be because he didn't write much solo work for the oboe to be fair).
@@MichaelWilliams-ow9ue Exactly. I adore Schubert, but also many, many other composers. And still there's none I've actually heard every piece of. There are too many greats and many were too productive. It just happens I got lucky among all of Schubert's work before possibly moving on i.e. mainly "Der Erlkönig" and "Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt".
4:22 Those strings are doing an AMAZING impression of a piano.
Lmao
5:06 is it just me or is this guitar awfully backwards
I think the reason he has not become that popular is:
People often want to listen to great music with good structure and genious ideas but at the same time they don´t want to be thrown off course emotionally.
Schubert´s music (at least) equals in the brilliance and creativity the great ones, but it is so intriguing you are remembered of things of your own past, you get involved in epoch, you start identifying with different characters, you think about god, death, relationships, nature and the situation of the composer himself.
And here we get to the problem:
His life story is always told in such a depressing way, that he was a poor human being always struggling in life. No woman, no sleep, death in his mind, die young, blabla... If you are biased in that way, well off course you connect that to all the music and might feel depression.
Many people are biased on Schuberts life situation and therefore cannot experience his whole oeuvre because its emotionally too much.
Tolstoy would disagree
Or because it makes them uncomfortable being that intimate of an acquaintance with death and the afterlife
I am really and deeply impressed!
I was never able to understand musical patterns and music in general - I not even learned to play an instrument, besides training my voice in a choir I had no musical understanding beyond maybe the average - but while going through that Corona shutdown I came to your side and was magically fascinated and immediately drawn to this video, dear Insight the Score!
And you made me want to know more on Schubert...
Greetings, many thanks and respect from Ger,many!
I completely desagree Schubert is in back sits. For people who really know classical music, he is indeed one of the greatest in history.
Love your breakdown of Gretchen and Spinnrade! I had the pleasure of working with a Russian opera conductor as he did a similar analysis of Chopin's Prelude in D Minor, breaking down the notation and musical structure with the story it was telling. Please do more of this on your channel-would love to see more!
Thank you so much for this, I am in love with Schuberts music. Greetings from Germany!
As a person who was hardly exposed to classical music when growing up, I was captivated by these songs by Schubert - they literally blew my mind.
My favorite composer ‼️
Franz Schubert, I love his music, it is so full of soul, passion, emotion and honesty, the full human spectrum. He is the Greatest as far as I’m concerned, others are also Great but I put him at no.1. His early death, along with the equally early death of Jimi Hendrix (also created sounds in music to reflect the whole human spectrum) are to me the most tragic losses in musical history.
If Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Chopin, Wagner, Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky, Vivaldi, Rossini, Verdi (all favourites of mine) and Schubert had all been on the Titanic and there was room for only one more in the lifeboat, it would be Schubert who got the seat, sorry guys lol
Victor Borge said that all composers would be seated in the Heavenly hall, but Mozart would have his own suite, ha ha. But your reasoning is even better!
I've always loved Schubert
Tú has llevado la comprensión de la música a un nivel superlativo, sublime. He disfrutado cada segundo de este maravilloso relato. No sé nada de música, no tengo ninguna habilidad para tocar algún instrumento, no obstante, casi de forma intuitiva he disfrutado la música, especialmente la ópera. Tus videos me han dado una motivación para profundizar en el conocimiento y entendimiento de este maravilloso arte. Muchas gracias por tus invaluables videos.
Schubert is one of the few that I put in the same ranks as Bach and Beethoven.
Gretchen at the Spinning Wheel is a musical and literary apotheosis of Romanticism. It's all there. The passion. The restlessness. The storytelling, the drama. The depiction in the music of the drama, of the story, of its passions. The fascination with the passionate emotions. And this was just the beginning. Many great masterpieces were yet to come. In my opinion, Schubert's string quartets stand alongside Beethoven's as the pinnacle of the genre, and his Arpeggione Sonata stands alongside Debussy's Cello Sonata as the finest work ever written for melody instrument and piano. His string quintet stands alongside his finest symphonies and string quartets. His last two symphonies stand alongside the symphonies of Beethoven and Mahler. The deep melody deep in the baritone range that opens the Unfinished Symphony is for me one of the greatest moments of music ever.
The classical music tradition is perhaps Europe's finest contribution to the universe. And Schubert stands as one of the top few in that tradition, alongside Bach and Beethoven and Debussy and Wagner. Deep thought, powerful emotion, and the finest melodies in the Western world alongside those of Debussy. A genius!
He’s amazing. Would love to see a video on his Piano Trio no. 2 D. 929, specifically the second movement. The breadth of emotion in that piece is huge and I’d definitely like to learn more about where it came from for the composer.
Absolutely agreed Schubert is one of the greatest composer. He also has 2 master pieces for the violin. Fantasies in C and the Grand Duo in A for Violin and Piano.
I was so scared that this yt channel might've been inactive since this was posted a year ago and classical music isn't exactly a "hot" topic that gives you new material on a regular basis, but I saw last video being made 4 weeks ago and I can't describe how happy I am 💗 Please, don't stop making videos like these. it's very, very much needed 🖤
'Gretchen am Spinnrade' is one of those Schubert pieces (not only Lieder) that again and again bring me to tears for that emotional power expressed in the music. To me, he IS the Greatest. There are suggestions that one of the reasons that he is often not seen as so great is the fact that he was not a virtuoso player himself, which may have been why hardly any of his music was published during his lifetime. Another point might have been that publishers felt that his wide harmonic explorations would not have found many appreciative listeners/players.
7:18 the translation is: "Gretechen AT the spinning wheel" :-)
Imagine growing up in a culture where these songs are part of the folklore.
Dude, brazilian folklore is just wild, choros, sambas, bossa, what do you mean with "imagine"?
@@joafus yes, in the 80's... Nowadays all we have is Anitta, Funk, Pop. Brazilian music became depressing
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Thank you so much for this. Schubert is my favorite composer and it makes me sad he is often overlooked. I'm always excited to see stuff like this that will hopefully bring more interest and appreciation for him.
People say “do we really need a Mozart symphony 42”? “Do we really need another Beethoven”? Schubert is the evidence that yes, we already have.
The way Schubert's melody touches our souls.
Growing up in Siberia region of Soviet Union, I didn't have easy access to classical recordings. Yet, my mom had a few LP's - Beethoven's Appassionata with Richter, and piano sonatas 14 and 27 with Walter Gieseking, Chopin's concerto 1 with Galina Czerny-Stefanska. When I got my first pocket money as Uni stipend (55 rubles monthly!), I spend some of that to buy records. One day I bought an LP with Schubert sonatas 13 A minor, 14 A major, recorded by Sviatoslav Richter. I fell in love with this music instantly. Later I got an LP with sonata 7, recorded by Nassedkin. When CDs become available, I bought Richter recordings of more Shubert sonatas. They are amazing.
Shubert is one of the greatest, there's no doubt.
It might be worth mentioning that Schubert wrote two lovely songs for single voice, piano and a wind instrument ("Auf dem Strom" - horn - and "Der Hirt auf dem Felsen" - clarinet). In addition, he wrote several works for multiple voices with or without any accompaniment, and some of these are extremely beautiful although rarely encountered.
What are the a capella ones, do you know?
Now during corona and working from home, I started to listen to Schubert...and wow, do I love it!
Thank you so much for making this video! Schubert is my favorite composer and I love analyzing his stuff!
Dans ses lieder , Schubert exprime les mouvements et la sensibilité de son âme . Merci pour cette magnifique présentation .
I listened to Schubert's unfinished symphony a lot as a child. That's one heavy composition. Beethoven and Schubert were my favorites.
Schubert is fantastic! His Mass no.2 in G major is absolutely sublime.
I never see someone overlooking him, only not knowing him.
I have already listened to his trout quintet, all of his symphonies, his octet, and his death and the maiden. All listened during quarantine
Thanks, I loved this. I think Schubert is the singular, most underrated composer of the classical era. His lieder are artistic masterpieces. I love the way he modulates through keys. His melody is always gorgeous. I think the impromptus are some of the most beautiful piano music. I loved the quote from Brendal Beethoven writes like an architect and Schubert like a sleepwalker. I think the key modulation is an attribute of that. Anyway a great job pointing out what makes Schubert one of the masters!
Especially the first set. "Impromptu" is a weird name for something so beautifully and carefully crafted (I think it was the publisher's idea, to get sales)
Schubert was a monumental composer, extraordinary. Without a doubt one of greatest
Fell in love with Death and the Maiden as a child, became so obsessed with this quartet that I ended up transcribing in order to experience it fully.
You transcribed for what instrument(s)?
@@gabrielhollander most likely piano.
@@gabrielhollander Solo piano
@@pjbpiano Correct!
@@kojiattwood I do that alot, especially great vocal/choral works (think Schütz) for brass. The precess really helps you get into the head of the composer more than any other method IMHO.
This is an absolutely great tribute to Schubert. So affirming are your descriptions and story telling. Viva Franz Schubert: taking out the piano sonatas and listening playing and studying them. Thank you !!
True! Personally I wholeheartedly hold and believe that Schubert without a doubt, is and should figure among the greatest geniuses of classical music. His musical portfolio is astoundingly prolific and beautiful! Having lived to be a mere 31 years. What a tragedy!
I’m so impressed by your depth of knowledge, the care that you’ve taken to create a successful listening experience and yes, I think Schubert is a genius. Thank you.❤
Great video, Schubert is one of my favorite composers too. His masses are great too, for example check out his Mass in Eb Major, the Credo is an absolute masterpiece of music.
A truly elegant explication of Schubert’s short tenure, and long legacy. Since Covid, I’ve been prefiguring exactly what you describe-listening to voices from my earlier memories, to my own thoughts, and to Schubert! Especially his piano music, with that heartbreaking sonata in Bb Major leaving me weepy everytime
My favourite composer, next to Beethoven...he moves me with all his music! Thanks for this video, it was great
Beethoven is my favourite composer, next to Schubert.
I’m glad you made a note of the intimacy of Schubert.
Schubert was not a man of large-scale concerts. He would enjoy going to see an Italian opera with his friends, but that is the extent to which people would see him in the large-scale public music scene. It was the home, the middle-class gatherings, where Schubert felt completely free.
He was a very talented pianist, despite what musicologists may tell you. The best example to convince a listener of this would NOT be the lieder; most of them are quite easy to perform for a novice pianist like myself. One must look at the dances and the impromptus to hear that virtuosic Schubert. It is not a Lisztian virtuosity, but more of an intimate, feathery virtuosity that puts the listener into hypnosis.
There is SUCH STRONG EMOTION in Schubert.
Schubert created wonderful melodies. When I was a teen, Schubert, beside Vivaldi and Beethoven, was one of the few classical music composers that I actually enjoyed listening. No Mozart in this short list mind you.
@Mar. L salty
I am amazed how you are able to „read“ and explain a musician. Bravo!
After decades of not having any taste for classical music one day as part of some feet on TH-cam I heard Schubert for the first time. I didn't know what the music was I just knew that there was an innocence to it that made me feel a lot of feelings. So, I've just begun my journey! I thought I'd like others, but alas, I found them loud, abrasive. And not warm at all. I hope when I listen to others by him, they will resonate with my soul like" Serenade"
"Works of art are not ever finished... only abandoned."
Da Vinci was most recently (to my knowledge) accused of this quote... ;o)
sounds right
@@lrm9298 It's one of my favorite quotes, regardless of who they accuse of it. ;o)
Schubert is one of my favorite composer ! As a violonist, I really enjoyed playing his first trio (op.99).
Your explanations about the lied are very interesting and generally, I love how Schubert uses repeting patterns to symbolise something (another examples of that is the death theme in the second movement of "das Mädchen und der Tod" or in the second trio).
Schubert's works really are great... even when I was young there was something about his music that made him stand out even among the other greats.
Schubert has to be one of my favourite classical composer ever. His works truly speaks for my soul
Schubert was a fast life-history strategist type of genius, like Pascal.
I don't think it was his plan to live so fast...
Schubert is one of my favorites.
You lost me at " we don't normally put Schubery in the ranks of...". I do! Schurbert's massive.
The opening haunting few bars of the "Unfinished" 2nd movement, is what first drew me to classical music as a twelve year old youngster.
I am Dutch and I learned German for many years at school, so I feel very much at home (pun intended) in Schubert’s songs, which is a great bonus, because I love Schubert’s music in general. I also love Constable’s beautifully Romantic paintings, they fit very well with Schubert.
P.S. Who is the singer in Gretchen am Spinnrade? Kiri Te Kanawa? Maybe not. Anyway, a wonderful performance, from what I hear.
I have loved watching this channel grow over the years!
In my perspective Schubert is in the same category as Beethoven. He was so fucking beyond his time, I always get shivers when I listen to the 8th!
I think he's somewhere between Beethoven and Fauré
I think he much better. He doesn't feed the masses with pompously exaggerated tunes. He takes it slow, and in that way he serves the listener much more intricate, complex and novel Melodies and Harmonies. Being a simple man, who was poor and not part of the haute voleé, the stories he tells are relatable and real, not made to excite crowds but to deeply touch each individual.
Agreed that Schubert usually doesn't make the top 3 or so "greatest" composers. But the description "most beloved" will put him in good standing. Oddly, despite his amazing facility with melody, he seems to be a slight bit of an acquired taste. Perhaps it's due to the length issue talked about in this video. But it's not just length in clock time. He really takes his time exploring an emotion from the inside out and you have to stick with it (as a listener AND as a performer of his music), even if it's only a 90 second Lied.
I remember making that decision to "stick it out" when I was 16 or 17 years old, listening to Fritz Wunderlich and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau recordings. I've listened to lots of music in my life but if I had to choose one composer that has moved me the most deeply over the course of my lifetime, it's Schubert.
RIP Sir Roger Scruton
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Why listen to Schubert......is that a rhetorical question? 😉
Thank you as a non-musician but a historian your insights are wonderful
it is so heart warming to see someone give recognition to the amazing Schubert in this modern era. He truly deserves more praises for his beautiful music he left us with. Another composer that I discovered who is also amazing is JOSEPH WOLFL, who is slightly older than Schubert. Search for JOSEPH WOLFL in youtube and be amazed :-)
I love his quarters and quintets, those are some of my all-time favorite pieces. Especially the quintet in C Major, it’s so beautiful.
I know of nothing more beautiful.