Schubert Lives

<p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Franz Schubert died in 1828 at the tragically young age of 31 known in Vienna as a mere composer of songs. But he left behind a treasure trove of unpublished manuscripts scattered across the city and beyond. </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>They could easily have been lost to history but for the devotion of a handful of followers whose painstaking efforts ensured the survival of some of the most cherished works in classical music such as the </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Great</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> C Major Symphony the </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Unfinished</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> Symphony and the composer's numerous operas sacred and chamber compositions. </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Filling a significant gap in studies about the musical great </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Schubert Lives</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> recounts the dramatic story of how close these extraordinary works came to disappearing into oblivion and how astonished audiences in Vienna and the wider world came to appreciate their emergence to take a rightful place of honour in the classical canon.</span></p>