(The sun is down.) Theuse of canon in the Scherzo, as violin and cello enter in imitation of thepiano, has its precedents, not least in Haydn. Longer than themovement that had introduced the earlier piano trio, and of greater harmoniccomplexity, this opening is followed by a C minor slow movement with a melodythat Schubert's friend Sonnleithner identified as a Swedish folk-song Se solen sjunker. The first movement starts with an immediate call to our attentionand a first subject of dramatic outline is followed by a more lyrical secondtheme, introduced by the cello, closely followed by the violin. Schubert expanded the potentialities of the genre like no other composer before.A work that Schumann found more spirited, masculine and dramatic in tone thanthe earlier work, for which he expressed a general preference, was firstperformed at the private party in January 1828 to celebrate the engagement ofSchubert's school-friend Josef von Spaun and formed part of the later publicconcert in March. Prior to Schubert's influence, Lieder tended toward a strophic, syllabic treatment of text, evoking the folksong qualities engendered by the stirrings of Romantic nationalism. It was in the genre of the Lied that Schubert made his most indelible mark. Today, Schubert is ranked among the greatest composers of the late Classical and early Romantic eras and is one of the most frequently performed composers of the early nineteenth century.
Felix Mendelssohn, Robert Schumann, Franz Liszt, Johannes Brahms and other 19th-century composers discovered and championed his works. Appreciation of his music while he was alive was limited to a relatively small circle of admirers in Vienna, but interest in his work increased significantly in the decades following his death. His output consists of over six hundred secular vocal works (mainly Lieder), seven complete symphonies, sacred music, operas, incidental music and a large body of chamber and piano music. Schubert already died before his 32nd birthday, but was extremely prolific during his lifetime.
Franz Peter Schubert was an Austrian composer.
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