Franz Schubert was an Austrian composer. He died at age 31. He had parties at his house called Schubertiades. All his friends would come over and they would play the piano and sing. They had games and dancing too! He wrote 8 symphonies and over 600 songs. Sometimes he wrote 3-4 in a day. He asked to be buried near Beethoven who he had admired all his life and he was buried next to him. The last song he asked to hear as he was dying was Beethoven's actually. His nickname was Tubby and his friends loved him because he was so nice and friendly and fun!! He slept with his glasses on so when he woke up he wouldn't have to look for them before he began composing. He was called the "Master of the German Song." His most famous work is the "Unfinished Symphony." We all liked his music because it sounds fun and happy!
We have studied a bunch of composers and we all have our favorites but this is the first time we have studied Shubert and we liked his music so much, we wanted to share it with everyone.
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