Tagged: Franz Schubert

KPAC blog: The Piano
9:43 am
Fri December 7, 2012

Be Careful What You Wish For: Schubert Gets Published, But There Is A Caveat

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Franz Schubert a year before his death.

Franz Schubert, incredibly talented and poor as a church mouse, wanted the chance to make a decent living from his music, and finally, near the end of his life, he got publishers interested. The down side was that his works were to be dictated by what would sell, and Schubert found his outlets wanted simple music that would sell rather than the big Sonata's that he was interested in.

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