Franz Anton Schubert

Franz Anton Schubert (born July 20, 1768 in Dresden , † March 5, 1824 Dresden) was a German church composer and instrumentalist at the Catholic Court Church in Dresden.

Life

Schubert's grave in the Old Catholic Cemetery in Dresden

From 1786 double bass player, from 1807 music master at the Saxon court orchestra , Schubert also held a respected position alongside Carl Maria von Weber from 1817. In addition to church works, he has also written Masonic music - since 1811 he has been a member of the Dresden Masonic Lodge, the Golden Apple . When the Breitkopf & Härtel publishing house inadvertently sent him Franz Schubert's Erlkönig manuscript with a notice of rejection in 1817, he protested against the supposed authorship of this work. Schubert died in Dresden in 1824 and were buried in the Schubert family grave in the Old Catholic Cemetery. A plucked instrument on the grave commemorates him today.

His son of the same name was also known as a composer under the name François Schubert .

Works

The significant other . Song based on a text by Adolf Ernst von Nostlitz
The two galley slaves or The Mill of Saint-Aldervon . Opera with libretto by Carl Gottfried Theodor Winkler. First performance in 1823

estate

The estate of Franz Anton Schubert is kept in the Saxon State Library - Dresden State and University Library (signature: Mus.4172-…). It contains own compositions (size: approx. 200 catalog numbers), most of which have been handed down in autograph.

literature

Robert Eitner : Schubert, Franz Anton . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 32, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1891, p. 613 f.

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ There are also other information on birth and death, in particular: * October 20, 1768; † March 5, 1827 ( Franz Anton Schubert in the DFG opera project ). The General German Biography, the biography of Carl Maria von Weber written by Weber's son ( Max Maria von Weber : Carl Maria von Weber. Ein Lebensbild . Leipzig 1864–1867, Volume 2, p. 551) and a comment in a letter from Wilhelm Müller (Wilhelm Müller: Works, Diaries, Letters in 5 Volumes and a Register Volume. Berlin, Verlag Mathias Gatza, 1994. Volume 5, p. 305) agree, however, especially in the year of death 1824.
↑ Calliope | Union catalog for archival and archive-like stocks and national documentation instrument for personal papers and autographs. Retrieved May 13, 2020 .

personal data
SURNAME	Schubert, Franz Anton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German church composer
DATE OF BIRTH	July 20, 1768
PLACE OF BIRTH	Dresden
DATE OF DEATH	March 5, 1824
Place of death	Dresden

[1] There are also other information on birth and death, in particular: * October 20, 1768; † March 5, 1827 ( Franz Anton Schubert in the DFG opera project ). The General German Biography, the biography of Carl Maria von Weber written by Weber's son ( Max Maria von Weber : Carl Maria von Weber. Ein Lebensbild . Leipzig 1864–1867, Volume 2, p. 551) and a comment in a letter from Wilhelm Müller (Wilhelm Müller: Works, Diaries, Letters in 5 Volumes and a Register Volume. Berlin, Verlag Mathias Gatza, 1994. Volume 5, p. 305) agree, however, especially in the year of death 1824.

[2] Calliope | Union catalog for archival and archive-like stocks and national documentation instrument for personal papers and autographs. Retrieved May 13, 2020 .