I am in the world only for the purpose of composing.
Franz Schubert was an Austrian composer of the late Classical and early Romantic eras. Despite his short life he was immensely prolific, leaving more than 1,000 compositions, including over 600 Lieder and other vocal works, seven complete symphonies, sacred music, operas, and a large body of piano and chamber music.
Among his best-known works are the songs "Gretchen am Spinnrade," "Erlkönig" and "Ave Maria," the Trout Quintet, the "Unfinished" Symphony in B minor, the "Great" Symphony in C major, the String Quartet No. 14 known as Death and the Maiden, the Impromptus for solo piano and his last three piano sonatas. His song cycles Die schöne Müllerin and Winterreise and the song set Schwanengesang remain central to the art song repertoire.
Among his best-known works are the songs "Gretchen am Spinnrade," "Erlkönig" and "Ave Maria," the Trout Quintet, the "Unfinished" Symphony in B minor, the "Great" Symphony in C major, the String Quartet No. 14 known as Death and the Maiden, the Impromptus for solo piano and his last three piano sonatas. His song cycles Die schöne Müllerin and Winterreise and the song set Schwanengesang remain central to the art song repertoire.
Every night when I go to bed, I hope that I may never wake again, and every morning renews my grief.
You believe happiness to be derived from the place in which once you have been happy, but in truth it is centered in ourselves.
Happy is the man who finds a true friend, and far happier is he who finds that true friend in his wife.
I try to decorate my imagination as much as I can.
Nobody understands another's sorrow, and nobody another's joy.
There is no such thing as happy music.
No one really understands the grief or joy of another.
With a heart filled with endless love for those who scorned me, I wandered far away. For many and many a year I sang songs. Whenever I tried to sing of love, it turned to pain. And again, when I tried to sing of pain, it turned to love.