Franz Schubert & The Poets Of His Time
Description Franz Schubert in just eleven years (1797-1828) wrote over 600 songs. He set some of the greatest poets of his time to music. Some of them were even contemporary minor poets who were his friends. The greatest poet of Schubert’s age was Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. One of the most dramatic of Schubert’s vocal works was the setting of Goethe’s poem, The Erlking, Der Erlkönig. Join me, Steven Hobé, as we take a minute to get the scoop! Fun Fact More than 10,000 of Johann Wolfga...