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SCHUBERT: SCHWANENGESANG & SCHUMANN: DICHTERLIEBE

Twelve years separate Franz Schubert's last masterpieces of song and Robert Schumann's first serious attempts at the art form. In 1828, at the age of 31, Schubert was at the height of his compositional powers, finally gaining the attention of the Viennese public. He was also at the end of his often solitary and tragically short life. In 1840, Schumann celebrated his 30th birthday and hoped his life was finally beginning to fall into place. Already a respected critic and composer, he was finally settling down with Clara Wieck, an internationally admired pianist. Though their lives followed different paths, both Schubert and Schumann used song composition as a means of catharsis, and in doing so, developed song as a serious art form.
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