Franz Schubert

Austria, 1813–1828

Viennese composer (1797-1828) who wrote more than 600 songs, alongside symphonies and chamber music, all before his death at 31. His Lieder established the form as a serious genre.

MusicRoots documents 3 artists who influenced Franz Schubert and 2 artists Franz Schubert influenced in turn. Every connection cites a published source.

Who influenced Franz Schubert?

• Ludwig van Beethoven — Schubert idolized Beethoven all his life, served as a torchbearer at his funeral and asked to be buried beside him.
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Schubert's 1816 diary records his rapture at Mozart's music — 'O Mozart, immortal Mozart' — a documented formative model.
• Antonio Salieri — Schubert studied composition with Salieri for over five years, from his choirboy years until 1817.

Which artists did Franz Schubert influence?

• Robert Schumann — Schumann discovered the manuscript of Schubert's Great C major Symphony in Vienna in 1839 and arranged its premiere — he called Schubert his kindred spirit.
• Gilbert and Sullivan — One of the styles that marked Sullivan's writing; the harmonic formulae of his early work are Schubert's and his contemporaries'.