Franz Schubert

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Excerpt from Franz Schubert: The Man and His CircleT should be made clear at the outset that this is not a I book on the music of Schubert, nor an attempt to deal with his music in a technical or analytical form. It is an endeavor to portray the man Franz Schubert in the light of recent research - the man who left the world a rich heritage of considerably more than a thousand works of extreme brilliance, and who received in return £575 as the sum total of his life's earnings.The story of great musicians is replete with tragedy. But it is doubtful if Schubert realized the measure of his tragedy, unless in his closing days. It is doubtful if ever he starved. His poverty was a continual plague which yet permitted him to live. Only the passage of a hundred years has revealed the depth Of his tragedy.This little man, only 5 ft. I in. In height, had no tongue that gave expression to his personality. He was hindered by shyness so extreme that he withdrew to a corner when an admiring public gave adulation to the singer and for got the maker of the song. But in Schubert lay a person ality so forceful and magical that it drew about him one of the most brilliant circles in musical history.I am indebted to Professor Otto Erich Deutsch, of Vienna, the greatest Schubertian scholar of the age, for much information. He generously placed at my disposal a vast amount Of data and documentary evidence which he had discovered and accumulated in his researches.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.