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Composer of the Week

Music: Classical

Kate Molleson

An informative guide to composers' lives and their music.

An informative and accessible guide to composers' lives and their music.

Composer of the Week: Franz Schubert (1797-1828)

Composer of the Week: Franz Schubert (1797-1828): Episode 7: Who Is Schubert?

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Franz Schubert (1797-1828)

Episode 7

Episode 7: Who Is Schubert?

Who Is Schubert?

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Franz Schubert (1797-1828), Who Is Schubert?

Donald Macleod on how Schubert's erratic behaviour began to threaten his reputation.

Donald Macleod explores how, despite Schubert's rising status as a composer, his increasingly erratic behaviour began to threaten his reputation.

7/8 Throughout the 1820s, Schubert's status as a composer had been steadily rising but his friends worried as his increasingly erratic behaviour began to threaten his reputation. Presented by Donald Macleod.

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Franz Schubert

Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Franz Schubert, as part of a season of programmes devoted to the Viennese composer

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