Schubert

American  

[shoo-bert, shoo-bert] / ˈʃu bərt, ˈʃu bɛrt /

noun

1. Franz 1797–1828, Austrian composer.

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Schubert British  

/ ˈʃuːbət /

noun

1. Franz ( Peter ) (frants). 1797–1828, Austrian composer; the originator and supreme exponent of the modern German lied. His many songs include the cycles Die Schöne Müllerin (1823) and Die Winterreise (1827). His other works include symphonies and much piano and chamber music including string quartets and the Trout piano quintet (1819)

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Example Sentences

Think of Haydn and his hundred-plus symphonies, Rossini’s nearly 40 operas, and the astonishing array of more than 1,500 works of all kinds that Schubert wrote during his 31 brief years on the planet.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026

At the podium, she led the 50-strong orchestra through works by Austria's Franz Schubert, Finland's Jean Sibelius and the Soviet-Armenian composer Aram Khachaturian.

From Barron's • Nov. 15, 2025

“We were able to compensate for the challenging conditions in China and the U.S. with partly significant increases in South America and Europe,” said Marco Schubert, member of the group’s extended executive committee for sales.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025

In the Schubert, Nézet-Séquin went for bold Beethovenian effects that strained Schubert’s score.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2025

For Schubert, the birds, the bees, the woods and the trees came into their own above all in song- writing, at which he was simply unmatched before the twentieth century.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall