SCHUBERT, FRANZ PETER

(17971828), Austrian composer; b. and d. at Vienna. Having a fine voice, and being already well grounded in music, he obtained, in 1808, a place in the choir school of the Imperial Chapel, and his compositions soon figured in the concert programs _ there. Later he had le ons from Salieri, the intimate of Mozart. For three years he a isted in his father’s school, but this period produced some of his finest songs, including The Eri King, and music became his sole profe ion. For a time he was music master in the household of Count Esterhazy, the only fixed appointment he ever held. His forte, however, was the lied. No fewer than 605 songs are credited to him,