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Composer of the Week

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)

Episode 2

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Schubert and his circle of friends formed themselves into a kind of brotherhood, bound together by a desire for self-improvement and a passion for poetry and music. Donald Macleod introduces some of his closest and most influential friends - whose poetry Schubert set to music - and looks at his relationship with two important women in his life and some of the works with which they were associated. Show less

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