Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828 CE) 

Internet Links on Franz Schubert

Life

Short biography from Classical Music Net website

Short biography from The Secrets behind Franz Schubert website

Works (Sacred)

• Mass #1 in F, D 105
• Mass #2 in G, D 167
• Mass #3 in B flat, D 324
• Mass #4 in C, D 452
• Mass #4 in C, D 452/961
• Mass #5 in A flat, D 678
• Mass #6 in E flat, D 950

Description of Schubert's Sacred Music from the Musical Heritage Society website [click on "Browse Classical Catalog" and follow links to "Schubert's Sacred Music"

Scores

The following is a ps file from GMD Music Archive and may be reproduced without copyright infringement:

Deutsche Messe

Audiofiles

Commentary

Short summary of characteristics of Schubert's music

Bibliography

Schubert: The Music and the Man, Brian Newbould. University of California Press. 1997. ISBN 0520210654 (hardcover)

 

Schubert: A Critical Biography, Maurice John Edwin Brown. Da Capo Press. 1988. ISBN 0306803291 (paperback)

 

Franz Schubert: A Biography, Elizabeth Norman McKay. Oxford University Press. 1996. ISBN 0198165234 (hardcover)

 

Schubert and His Vienna, Charles Osborne. Alfred A. Knopf. 1985. ISBN 0394541111 (paperback)

Schubert placed in historical perspective in Biedermeier Vienna. Chapters alternate between history and biography.

 

The New Grove Schubert, Maurice J. E. Brown, Eric Sams. W.W. Norton & Company. 1997. ISBN 039331586X (paperback)

Comprehensive biographical article taken from the New Grove Dictionary of Music & Musicians. The excellent biography by Brown is enhanced by the extremely detailed work list (including titles and Deutch listings for everything including each song that Schubert wrote). There is an extensive bibliography.

 

Schubert and His World: A Biographical Dictionary, Peter Clive, H. P. Clive. Oxford University Press. 1997. ISBN 019816582X (hardcover)

 

Schubert: Memoirs by His Friends, Otto Erich Deutsch (Editor). Oxford University Press. 1998. ISBN 019816436X (paperback)