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Schubert

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Schu·bert  (shbrt, -brt), Franz Peter 1797-1828.
Austrian composer who perfected the form of the German art song in his more than 600 compositions for voice and piano. He also composed symphonies and chamber music.
Schubert [ˈʃuːbət]
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(Biographies / Schubert, Franz (Peter) (1797-1828) M, Austrian, MUSIC: composer, MUSIC: lieder writer) Franz (Peter) (frants). 1797-1828, Austrian composer; the originator and supreme exponent of the modern German lied. His many songs include the cycles Die Schöne Müllerin (1823) and Die Winterreise (1827). His other works include symphonies and much piano and chamber music including string quartets and the Trout piano quintet (1819)
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Noun1.Schubert - Austrian composer known for his compositions for voice and piano (1797-1828)Schubert - Austrian composer known for his compositions for voice and piano (1797-1828)
Franz Peter Schubert, Franz Schubert, Franz Seraph Peter Schubert
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After dinner she accompanied him in a series of songs by Schubert.
An Unsocial Socialist by Shaw, George Bernard View in context
Their colonel, Karl Bogdanich Schubert, came up to Denisov's squadron and rode at a footpace not far from Rostov, without taking any notice of him although they were now meeting for the first time since their encounter concerning Telyanin.
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And he made immortal music; now in melodies as exquisite and varied as the songs of Schubert, and now in symphonies where the crudest of Philosophies of History melted into golden harmony.
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