In his final year, as he was dying at age 30, he wrote a torrent of masterpieces, perhaps the most astounding output of any artist … ever. Of my thousands of CDs at home, my Schubert stack is the biggest.įor those of you who don't know about Schubert, he was a strange-looking little man who pretty much did nothing in his short life but sit at a desk and write music. 31, 1797, I offer this playlist (embedded below) with a sense of how arbitrary it is. It's hard for me to hold the music of Schubert at arm's length to assess it, because his music is the most personal, the most narrative, the most descriptive of a living character of any composer I know. Spotify is a free music service that you can load onto your computer or wireless device. You can stream the music, then add your comments in this blog. Each blog includes a Spotify playlist of the music in play. In "Just Listen," The Day's music writers share their playlists of favorite recordings and invite you to share your comments and your playlists.
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