![]() ![]() Even thereafter, it was only in the last few decades when their real originality and importance has been discovered, ensuring them a place in the modern concert repertoire. Surprisingly, Schubert’s piano sonatas, some of his most beautiful and ingenious compositions, were almost completely neglected until the early-middle years of the twentieth century. They also served as drafts and thematic collections further expanded in his orchestral, chamber and larger scale solo works. ![]() His dances and short solo piano pieces were much cherished by Schubert’s contemporaries and became part of the German Hausmusic movement. They are not mere accompaniments, but thoroughly composed musical pearls, powerfully representing the psychological and external milieu of the song’s dramatic action. ![]() Schubert produced piano “tone painting” for his songs, which bear equal emotional power with the words. The Wanderer Fantasy inspired other great romantic composers, such as Liszt, Wagner and Richard Strauss. His Fantasy in C Major D760 (Wanderer Fantasy) became one of the trademarks of Romantic music due to its innovative character and ingenious construction supporting high dramatic tension throughout the piece. Some of them became instant favourites of the Viennese musical life, such as the Moments Musicaux (D789, op. Schubert’s works for piano include fantasies, sonatas, dances and short solo pieces. This is true for his orchestral as well as for his solo piano pieces. Not only he became one of the greatest masters of song-writing of all times, but his instrumental works have been pervaded with an inherent song-like character. This fact has left a lifelong mark on his musical development. Although he also started to play instruments, like violin and piano, as well as studied composition, he was from an early age accustomed to sweet melodies sung by the human voice. Schubert started to study music around the age of 7-8 years after he was selected by Antonio Salieri to sing as choirboy for the Court Chapel Choir in Vienna. ![]()
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