Schubert’s Four Seasons: Lieder for Voice & Piano by Franz Schubert

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Jonathan Ware
Sharon Carty
Franz Schubert

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Composition History

Romanze, D. 797/3b, was composed in 1823 as part of incidental music for the unsuccessful stage work Rosamunde, Prinzessin von Zypern by Helmina von Chézy, though Schubert's music was well received.

Composition History

Schubert's dramatic solo cantata, Klage der Ceres, D. 323, was composed while he was studying with Italian composer Antonio Salieri, and shows his operatic influence.

Composer Biography

Litanei auf das Fest Allerseelen, D. 343, was part of Schubert's Therese Grob Songbook, a gift to his first love, Therese Grob, whom he could not marry due to financial constraints.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Schubert's song oeuvre, like the works of Antonio Vivaldi and Joseph Haydn, provides an impressive musical representation of the changing seasons.

Composition History

The text for Ganymed, D. 544, was written by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, who also wrote Prometheus, depicting two Greek heroes with opposing trajectories.

Compositional Technique

The song Viola, D. 786, Schubert's 'flower ballad,' achieves seamless continuity through the repeated use of a snowdrop bell refrain, with each repetition taking on a different subtext.

Composer Biography

Schubert wrote the masterpiece Viola, D. 786, in 1823 during a period of isolation and when he and the song's poet, Schober, were no longer on good terms.