franz shubert

Death and the Maiden – String Quartet No. 14 in D minor by Franz Shubert (source). 1823 and 1824 were hard years for Schubert. For much of 1823 he was sick, some scholars believe with an outburst of tertiary stage syphilis, and in May had to be hospitalized. He was also without money: he hadContinue reading

Death and the Maiden by Shubert

Death and the Maiden – String Quartet No. 14 in D minor by Franz Shubert (source). 1823 and 1824 were hard years for Schubert. For much of 1823 he was sick, some scholars believe with an outburst of tertiary stage syphilis, and in May had to be hospitalized. He was also without money: he hadContinue reading “Death and the Maiden by Shubert”