Schubert Theater

Franz Schubert was born in 1797 in the suburb of Vienna - Lihtental. His father, a school teacher, came from a peasant family. His mother was  locksmith’s daughter. The family loved music, and constantly satisfy musical evenings. His father played the cello, and the brothers on various instruments.

Upon discovering a small Franz musical ability, father and older brother Ignatz began to teach him to play the violin and piano. Soon, the boy was able to participate in the performance of domestic string quartets, playing alto party. Franz had a beautiful voice. He sang in the church choir, performing the difficult solo party. Father was pleased with the success of his son. When Franz turned eleven years, he started to visit the konvikt - training church school song.

School climate conducive to the development of musical abilities of the boy. In school student orchestra he played in the first group of violins, and sometimes acted as a conductor. Orchestra repertoire was diverse. Schubert got acquainted with the symphonic works of various genres (Symphony, L’Ouverture), quartets, vocal compositions. He acknowledged his friends that Mozart symphony salt minor shock to him. Music by Beethoven became high model for him.

Already in that years Schubert began to write. His first works - fantasy for piano, a number of songs. Young composer writes a lot, with great passion, often at the expense of other school exercises. Outstanding ability boy drew it to the attention of the court the famous composer Salieri, with which Schubert worked for a year.

Over time, the explosive growth of Franz’s musical talent  worried his father . Well knowing how difficult a path musicians, even world-renowned, the father wanted to protect his son from a similar fate. As punishment for excessive passion for music, he even forbade him to stay at home during the holidays . But no prohibitions could delay the development of talent of the boy. Schubert decided to break with konvikt, through away boring and unnecessary textbooks and go to freedom. Get into the music, only to live by it and its sake.

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