The World Book, Vol. 9 of 10: Organized Knowledge in Story and Picture (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The World Book, Vol. 9 of 10: Organized Knowledge in Story and Picture

It is a remarkable tribute to the creative genius of the young composer that in spite of these handicaps he left to posterity over 600 songs, nine symphonies, two of which - the Un finished ln B M inor and Symphony in C Major - are famous; numerous instrumental pieces for piano and violin, masses, choruses, operas and an oratorio. His songs alone would place him among the immortal masters, but some of his instrumental compositions are of imperish able fame. Schumann's well-known tribute to Schubert is an excellent summary of his, genius: He has strains for the most subtle thoughts and feelings, nay even for the very events and condi tions of life; and innumerable as are the shades of human thought and aspiration, so various is his music. Whatever his eye beholds, whatever his hand touches, turns into music.
Consult Duncan's Schubert; Mason's Schu bert, in Romantic Composers.

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