Schubert
[shoo-bert; German shoo-bert]
- Franz [frahnts] /frɑnts/, 1797–1828, Austrian composer.
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Contemporary Examples
In the nation-wide crusade against gay marriage, Schubert was king.
Schubert is hoping to expand the project statewide and hire a full-time investigator.
Hunting for Long-Gone Serial Killers: Inside the Dead Man Talking ProjectChristine Pelisek
March 25, 2013
“I think I screamed,” said Schubert when she learned of the DNA hit.
Hunting for Long-Gone Serial Killers: Inside the Dead Man Talking ProjectChristine Pelisek
March 25, 2013
Schubert discovered that Chavez had been autopsied, and a sample of his blood was still in evidence.
Hunting for Long-Gone Serial Killers: Inside the Dead Man Talking ProjectChristine Pelisek
March 25, 2013
Schubert says that since 1984, close to 25,000 inmates have died in a California prison or on parole.
Hunting for Long-Gone Serial Killers: Inside the Dead Man Talking ProjectChristine Pelisek
March 25, 2013
Historical Examples
I said that she seemed always to care most for the Schubert Impromptu.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, CompleteAlbert Bigelow Paine
It was not until 1819 that the first song of Schubert was sung in public.
A Popular History of the Art of MusicW. S. B. Mathews
Schubert was one of the torch bearers at Beethoven's funeral.
A Popular History of the Art of MusicW. S. B. Mathews
For several months before his death Schubert's health was delicate.
A Popular History of the Art of MusicW. S. B. Mathews
I thought of Schubert, and sighed in the presence of all this wit and savage humor.
Old FogyJames Huneker
Schubert
- 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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