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The Fantasie in C major, Op. 15 (D. 760), popularly known as the Wanderer Fantasy, is a four-movement fantasy for solo piano composed by Franz Schubert in 1822. It is widely considered Schubert's most technically demanding composition for the piano. Schubert himself said "the devil may play it," in reference to his own inability to do so ...
Franz Peter Schubert (/ ˈ ʃ uː b ər t /; German: [fʁants ˈpeːtɐ ˈʃuːbɐt]; 31 January 1797 – 19 November 1828) was an Austrian composer of the late Classical and early Romantic eras.
Alexandre Kantorow became a YouTube sensation last summer thanks to his intrepid appearance at the opening ceremonies of the Olympic Games in Paris. Playing outdoors during a rainstorm, he didn't ...
First volume of Schubert's Schwanengesang as originally published in 1829. Schwanengesang , D 957, is a collection of 14 songs written by Franz Schubert at the end of his life and published posthumously: Liebesbotschaft (text: Ludwig Rellstab) Kriegers Ahnung (Rellstab) Frühlingssehnsucht (Rellstab) Ständchen (Rellstab) Aufenthalt (Rellstab)
" Auf dem Wasser zu singen" (To sing on the water), D. 774, is a Lied composed by Franz Schubert in 1823, based on the poem of the same name by Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg-Stolberg. [ 1 ] The text describes a scene on the water from the perspective of the narrator who is in a boat, and delves into the narrator's reflections on the passing of ...
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (German: [ˌdiːtʁɪç ˌfɪʃɐ ˈdiːskaʊ̯] ⓘ; 28 May 1925 – 18 May 2012 [1]) was a German lyric baritone and conductor of classical music. One of the most famous Lieder performers of the post-war period, he is best known as a singer of Franz Schubert's Lieder, particularly "Winterreise" [2] of which his recordings with accompanists Gerald Moore and Jörg ...
The lied was written for bass voice in the key of B ♭ major, but the key moves repeatedly through various major to minor tonalities, ending in C major. [1] Goethe's dramatic declamation by Prometheus would be set again, with very different effect, by Hugo Wolf, [2] "with his alternations of ariosos and recitatives, Schubert created a miniature oratorio", observes Edward F. Kravitt.
Schubert in 1827. Six moments musicaux, D. 780 (Op. 94) is a collection of six short pieces for solo piano composed by Franz Schubert.Along with the Impromptus, they are among the most frequently played of all Schubert's piano music, and have been recorded many times.