Franz Schubert (born January 31, 1797; died November 19, 1828) was not the first of the Romantics but he was, as one writer put it, 'the first lyric poet of music'. The ideas came tumbling out like ...

At this time, the work of German poets, such as Goethe, were often set to music. Franz Schubert, Robert Schumann and Johannes Brahms all composed lieder. Common poetic themes are love, longing and ...

“We are celebrating for the 19th consecutive season the music of composer Franz Schubert which is simply ... became the mainstay of German Lieder [poetry set to classical music], his music ...