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Scan 28
Franz Schubert; a musical biography, 1866
2 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. Printed page 12. See the scan on archive.org.
1must suspect that he occupied himself both in school and out of it with music paper more than lectures and exercises. And this is the case. He composed secretly in school and wrote overtures and symphonies which were performed at the Thursday concerts of the scholars. In the reports to the higher authorities his eminent progress in music was duly noticed, while in other branches he was rather behindhand. A friend of Schubert's who joined the school a few years after, writes:—"This was the practical school for him. Every evening symphonies, quartetts, and vocal pieces were performed; and the part taken in classical church music had also its effect. When I joined the school I found overtures and symphonies by Schubert still in existence; we played some of them, and I remember parts of them being shown me as Schubert's own handwriting. I copied out a volume of his songs, some of which I have not met with, either engraved or written, in after years. Unfortunately I have lost them all."
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