Franz Schubert was a 19th-century Austrian music composer and key figure in bridging the Classical and Romantic periods. He is noted for the melody and harmony in his songs and chamber music. He also produced several symphonies, masses, and piano works.

To Franz Schubert falls the dubious distinction of dying youngest of all the great composers—at age 31. Yet during his brief life, he composed over a thousand works in all the principal genres of his time, from short songs and dances to large symphonies and operas.

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Franz Schubert (1797-1828) was an Austrian composer of Romantic music best known for his songs, symphonies, piano music, and chamber music. Schubert's career...

Schubert was one of the greatest composers of the early Romantic era – discover our selection of the best Schubert works.

Franz Schubert (1797–1828) was an Austrian Romantic composer and although he died at the age of 31, he was a prolific figure in classical music history, having written some 600 lieder and nine symphonies.

From his “Unfinished” Symphony to his “Great” finale, get to know Franz Schubert’s symphonic works and their place in his prolific output of music.

In his lifetime, Schubert was known for his songs, part-songs and shorter piano pieces. The discovery of his wider output began in 1839, when Robert Schumann came across the manuscript of the ‘Great’ C major Symphony, then unperformed.