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    Schubert: 20 facts about the great composer

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    17. The Winter Journey

    Schubert contracted syphilis in 1822 and became seriously ill. He carried on composing though with the same unrelenting rate, writing his beautiful cycle of 24 songs, ‘Die Winterreise’ (The Winter Journey) towards the end of his life.

    1. Image 1: Franz Schubert birthplace Vienna
    2. Image 2: Composer Antonio Salieri teacher of Franz Schubert
    3. Image 3: Schubert as a young man
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    6. Image 6: Vienna
    7. Image 7: Franz Schubert Gustav Klimt
    8. Image 8: Franz Schubert portrait
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    Schubert's Unfinished Symphony – Completed!

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    new releases 19th June

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    Schubert sand drawing on Elie Beach

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    New releases 13th July

    New releases: Vladimir Ashkenazy plays Bach and Maxim Rysanov plays Schubert

    new releases 24th april

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