| 1797 |
Born January 31 in Liechtental
near Vienna, the 4th of five surviving children of Franz Schubert,
a schoolmaster, and his wife Elizabeth |
| 1807 |
Started
lessons in violin, piano and singing from the local choirmaster |
| 1808 |
Became a soprano chorister
at the Stadtkonvikt, a private boys' school |
| 1810 |
Wrote a fantasy for
piano (four hands), his earliest surviving composition |
| 1812 |
Began studies with Antonio
Salieri; finished one act of an opera, Der Apiegelritter;
composed string quartets and orchestral overtures; year of
mother's death |
| 1813 |
Entered a teachers training
college; composed First Symphony and began writing Des Teufels
Lustschloss, a 3-act opera |
| 1814 |
Became an assistant
teacher at his father's school; conducted his first mass; met
poet Johann Mayrhoff who later became a friend and collaborator;
composed his first great song, Gretchen am Spinnrade |
| 1815 |
Composed Second and
Third symphonies, 4 operas and some 150 songs, including Erlkönig;
met Franz von Schober, a dashing dilettante who became an
influential member of Schubert's circle of friends |
| 1816 |
Finished Fourth and
Fifth symphonies and more than 100 songs, including Seligkeit |
| 1817 |
Lived with Schober in
Vienna for the summer; met the baritone Johann Michael Vogl who
became the foremost interpreter of his songs; wrote seven sonatas
and about 60 songs |
| 1818 |
Tutored the daughters
of Count Esterházy in Hungary in the summer; became permanent
resident of Vienna; wrote Sixth Symphony |
| 1819 |
Traveled with Vogl in
Upper Austria; composed the Trout Quintet |
| 1820 |
Die Zwillingsbrüder
and Die Zauberharfe performed; composed Quartet Movement
in C minor and the song Die Vogel |
| 1821 |
First Schubertiade (social
gathering devoted to Schubert's music) held at Schober's place;
Erlkönig's first public performance by Vogl and first publication
as Opus No. 1; composed more songs including Der Jungling
an der Quelle |
| 1822 |
Completed opera Alfonso
und Estrella, libretto by Schober; dedicated piano variations
to Beethoven; wrote Unfinished Symphony and the Wanderer
Fantasy and more songs including Du liebst mich nicht
and Der Musensohn |
| 1823 |
Entered Vienna General
Hospital for treatment of syphillis; composed operas Die Verschworenen
and Fierrabras which were not performed; wrote
the song-cycle Die schöne Müllerin; two performances
of the play Rosamunde with incidental music by Schubert |
| 1824 |
Tutored Count Esterhazy's
daughters again; composed String Quartet in A Minor and
String Quartet in D Minor ("Death and the Maiden") |
| 1825 |
Traveled again with Vogl in Upper
Austria; composed three piano sonatas and songs to texts from
Lady of the Lake by Walter Scott |
| 1826 |
Wrote Quartet in G Major, the song
Im Frühling, and settings for three Shakespeare
songs |
| 1827 |
Served as
torchbearer at Beethoven's funeral; became an honorary member
of the Vienna Philharmonic Society; began but did not complete
his last opera Der Graf von Gleichen; wrote two
Piano Trios, piano Impromptus, the song-cycle Winterreise
and other songs including Heimliches Lieben |
| 1828 |
Organized the only public concert
of his music in his lifetime; composed F Minor Fantasy, Mass
in E Flat, String Quintet, his last three piano sonatas,
the Swan Song Cycle and Der Hirt auf dem Felsen, a piece
for soprano, clarinet and piano; completed the Ninth Symphony;
died of typhoid fever on November 19 at age 31 and was buried
beside Beethoven |
