Schubert

[ shoo-bert; German shoo-bert ]

/ ˈʃu bərt; German ˈʃu bɛrt /

noun

Franz

[frahnts] /frɑnts/, 1797–1828, Austrian composer.

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Examples from the Web for schubert

Schubert is hoping to expand the project statewide and hire a full-time investigator.
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“I think I screamed,” said Schubert when she learned of the DNA hit.
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Schubert discovered that Chavez had been autopsied, and a sample of his blood was still in evidence.
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Schubert says that since 1984, close to 25,000 inmates have died in a California prison or on parole.
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Burke and Schubert believe that adding to the list of felon profiles could close countless unsolved cases.
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Schubert in his compositions afforded food for experiment too.
Theodor Leschetizky|Annette Hullah
Rossini was an Italian composer of operas, born in 1792, five years before Schubert.
Child's Own Book of Great Musicians: Schubert|Thomas Tapper
Schubert is the first song composer who requires serious consideration.
How to Appreciate Music|Gustav Kobb
Schubert was a divinely awkward stammerer, and Liszt the brilliant centipede amongst virtuosi.
Old Fogy|James Huneker
The songs of the obscure Schubert were gradually finding their way to favour among the exclusive circles of Viennese aristocracy.
Great Musical Composers|George T. Ferris

British Dictionary definitions for schubert

Schubert

/ (ˈʃuːbət) /

noun

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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