Tuesday, September 8, 2009

AS SEEN ON TV: FRANZ SCHUBERT

And now, for the "Two for Tuesday" edition of "As Seen On TV", a little Schubert:

FRANZ SCHUBERT

AS SEEN IN:
"The Temptation Of Franz Schubert"
aka
"The Double Life Of Franz Schubert"

AS PLAYED BY:
Simon Russell Beale


AS SEEN IN:
'Peabody's Improbable Adventures'

AS PLAYED BY:
Paul Frees

Franz Peter Schubert: January 31, 1797 – November 19, 1828) was an Austrian composer. He wrote some 600 Lieder, nine symphonies (including the famous "Unfinished Symphony"), liturgical music, operas, some incidental music, and a large body of chamber and solo piano music. He is particularly noted for his original melodic and harmonic writing.

[From Wikipedia]

Here is the Wikipedia list of his compositions.......

And here is a clip of Beale as Schubert singing "An Die Musik":




BCnU!

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