![]() His importance for Schubert studies goes far beyond this limited role, however. This is the role in which we encounter him now. Schober's inherited money allowed him to play a major role in the circles around Schubert as a sponsor of social events. He was almost the same age as Schubert, they met in 1815 and Schober soon become the dominant partner in a relationship that would last the thirteen years until Schubert's death in 1828. He was a moneyed minor aristocrat with a colourful personality and a biography to match. They were held at the house Zum blauen Igel, into which the Schobers had moved shortly before.įor readers who are dipping a toe into the murky biographical waters that swirl around Schubert, Franz von Schober (1796-1882) was a member of the Freundeskreise, the 'Circles of Friends' that formed around the young composer – arguably the key member. This ball on 10 February was the first in a series held by the Schobers during the carnival season in 1827. Alle sehr schön, außer Netty Hönig, die aber desto lieber ist, und Frl. Dort sind einmal alle Schobero-Spaunischen Bekannten männlichen und Schobero-Schwindischen Bekannten weiblichen Geschlechts nämlich 12 Mädchen und junge Frauen, von denen ich anfangs keine einzige kenne. Februar 1827: Haas begleitet Fritz und mich zu Schobers Wohnung, wo wir auf einen Ball geladen sind. All were very beautiful, apart from Netty Hönig, who is therefore more amiable, and Fräulein Rinna, who was also recently at Conci's.ġ0. Present were all the Schober-Spaun male acquaintances and all the Schober-Schwind female acquaintances namely twelve girls and young women, all of them at first unknown to me. Let us give thanks for the diarists in our midst! The first ball, 10 Februaryįranz Hartmann's entry for 10 February 1827 is our starting point:ġ0 February 1827: Haas accompanied Fritz and me to Schober's apartment, where we had been invited to a ball. The reader is warned: we are going to deal with the Hartmann's diary entries in some depth: they are those diamonds in the dust of Schubert scholarship, contemporary records. ![]() Her name is mentioned by the ever-scribbling von Hartmann brothers Friedrich ('Fritz') (1805-1850) and Franz (1808-1895) in their diary entries from the beginning of 1827. ![]() Īt first glance Gusti is of marginal interest to Schubert scholars. I shall retain the same in my possession in order to learn, if possible, who sent you that sort of trash in such an impolite manner, and also to discover the fellow who has thus misused my name.In 2012 the musicologist Rita Steblin carried out extensive and painstaking documentary research into the identity of a girl called Augusta ('Gusti') Grünwedel (1812-1855). Unfortunately Breitkopf sent the manuscript back to the wrong Franz Schubert who, in turn, wrote them a blistering letter: ‘I beg to state the cantata was never composed by me. Sadly he is remembered chiefly for a letter he wrote in April 1817 to the publishers Breitkopf und Härtel who had been sent a manuscript of Erlkönig by the authentic Schubert, and returned it as not interesting enough to publish (how can we blame Goethe, a musical amateur, for rejecting Schubert, when Germany’s foremost music publisher was also blind to his talents?). He was a colleague of Weber’s when that composer worked in Dresden. Franz became director of the Italian opera in 1808 and royal church composer in 1814. He was a double bass player and the brother of Anton Schubert who played the double bass in the Dresden orchestra between 17. ![]() This composer was a member of a large family of Dresden musicians. ![]()
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