Schubert, Strauss and Verdi
Influenced by the literature and painting of the era, 19th-century music was, marked by intensely personal expressions of emotion. In order to state their individuality with greater freedom, composers disregarded the limits of set forms. They enjoyed writing music that was more pictorial than earlier works and often attempted to imitate nature. The new compositions often lacked the cheerfulness of the classical era. In the search for self-expression, composers of the Romantic period were aroused with a serious concern for detail. Great composers of the age were Franz Schubert, Richard Strauss and Giuseppe Verdi. Franz Schubert was one of the originators of the Romantic style. The Viennese composer was also the greatest of the postclassicists. He served as a bridge between the two eras. He turned poems into music easily. He wrote eight songs in one day, 146 in a single year, more than 600 in his lifetime. His compositions brought the art of German songwriting to its peak. Franz Peter Schubert was born in Himmelpfortgrund, near Vienna, Austria, on Jan. 31, 1797. His father was head of the parish school. Young Schubert learned to play the piano, violin, and viola, and he played the viola in the family string quartet. At the
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