And yes, he self-medicated: with nicotine and by drinking far too much alcohol, at which time the ordinarily mild-mannered Schubert became vulgar, abusive, and physically destructive. Yes he still suffered from depression, exacerbated by the fear that the disease would return.
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But then – from the fall of 1824 until mid-1827 or so – the disease entered its latency and consequently, for nearly three years, Schubert was symptom free and noninfectious. This was Schubert’s state of mind for a year-and-a-half, as his syphilis ran through its initial stages. Imagine a man whose health will never be right again, a man whose most brilliant hopes have perished, to whom love and friendship have nothing to offer but pain, whose enthusiasm for all things beautiful is gone, and I ask you, is he not a miserable, unhappy being? Each night, on retiring to bed, I hope I may not wake again, and each morning but recalls yesterday’s grief.” “I feel myself to be the most unhappy and wretched creature in the world. His grave did indeed contain a “rich possession”, but it also contained, sadly “still fairer hopes.” Schubert’s Health But in fact, the 31 year, 9 month, and 19 days-old Schubert was just a kid when he died, someone who should have had the vast majority of his creative life still in front of him. In the last sixteen years of his brief life, this composer of really unparalleled lyric gifts composed, among other works: 8 finished and “unfinished” symphonies (not 9, which is the number typically bandied about) 10 orchestral overtures 22 piano sonatas 6 masses 17 operas over 1000 works for solo piano and piano four-hands around 145 choral works 45 chamber works, including some drop dead string quartets, and 637 songs. “The art of music here interred a rich possession/But still far fairer hopes.”Īin’t that the truth. On the facing directly below the bust at Schubert’s original grave in Vienna’s Währing Cemetery (what is now called “Schubert Park”) is an inscription written by the Viennese dramatist Franz Grillparzer: #Concerts #Vienna #Boys #Choir #Salzburg #SN.The memorial at Schubert’s original grave at the Währing Cemetery Online for the Oberndorf appointment here
Online for the Altenmarkt appointment here You get a 20% discount on the tickets in advance – valid for both concert dates of the Vienna Boys’ Choir.Ĭards are available at all oeticket ticket offices, Raiffeisen banks upon presentation of the SN card and Thursday, November 30, 2023, 7.30 p.m., Oberndorf near Salzburg I Stadthalle.Wednesday, November 29, 2023, 7.30 p.m., Altenmarkt I parish church.The choral tradition of the Vienna Boys’ Choir is listed by UNESCO as an intangible cultural heritage in Austria. On Sundays they play with members of the Vienna Philharmonic and the Vienna State Opera Choir in the Hofburg Chapel in Vienna.Īround 300 children and young people attend the schools of the Vienna Boys’ Choir.
Together they complete almost 300 performances in front of half a million spectators all over the world in normal years: over 1000 tours in 99 countries are on record. Today, the Vienna Boys’ Choir is a private, non-profit association that does not receive any public funds, but relies on donations. Franz Schubert was himself a choirboy, Joseph and Michael Haydn sang as “substitutes” in the imperial choir. Over the centuries, the music-loving court attracted musicians such as Mozart and Bruckner. This laid the foundation for the Vienna Boys’ Choir. In 1498, more than 520 years ago, Emperor Maximilian I moved his court and his court music to Vienna. The oldest reference to a boys’ choir in the Wiener Hofburgkapelle dates back to 1296.
And they like to come! About the Vienna Boys’ Choir Hundreds of inquiries to the Boys’ Choir’s management office attest to this fact. It is not entirely a matter of course to get such a sought-after choir outside of Vienna or the German metropolises to come to Salzburg during the Christmas season.
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