Franz Schubert (1797-1828) was a Austrian composer. He is the only Viennese composer who was native to Vienna rather than other part of the Austrian Empire. His father was a schoolteacher who ensured that he had music lessons from an early age, including from such composers as Salieri. Schubert began composing in 1810; at the same time, he was performing in a quartet with his brothers. This appears to have influenced his early compositions which show the influence of Mozart, Hadyn, Bach, and Rossini. Schubert began composing in earnest at age 17, and proved to be a highly productive composer, turning out 50 pieces within the space of a year. He married Marie von Spaun, the sister of his friend Josef von Spaun, in 1819. Schubert's death certificate said he died of "nervous fever" in 1828, though the real cause was likely teritary syphilis.
Schubert wrote "The Trout" in 1819 on commission to write a piece with unusual instrumentation and variations in the fourth movement.
This recording is performed by Jean-Jaques Kantorow, violin, Vladimir Mendelssohn, viola, Jacques Rouvier, piano, Duncan McTier, double bass, and Phillippe Muller, cello.
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