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Franz Schubert; a musical biography, 1866
4 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. Printed page 14. See the scan on archive.org.
1beginning of every month from my father are spent in a couple of days; what am I to do the rest of the time? 'Those who hope in Thee shall not be ashamed,' Matthew, chap. ii., verse 4. So I thought. Supposing you were to allow me one or two kreuzers a month? You would never notice it, while I should be happy and contented in my cell. As I have said I rest on the words of the Apostle Matthew, who says, he that has two coats let him give one to the poor."
3While Schubert was at school his chief connexion with his home was that the string quartetts he composed were played in the quartett practice which generally took place there on the Sunday afternoons. The father of Schubert played the violoncello, Franz the viola, and two of his brothers the first and second violins. The youngest of the party was the quickest to note a mistake. He looked seriously at the offender, if the offender was one of his brothers; if it was his father, he
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