Franz Schubert

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An Austrian composer who wrote many songs and piano pieces in the early 1800s

proper noun

: Franz Schubert

The famous composer Franz Schubert created over 600 songs.

Examples

During the concert, the pianist played several works by Franz Schubert.
Many music lovers admire Franz Schubert for his beautiful lieder and symphonies.
Franz Schubert's compositions remain popular in classical music performances worldwide.
Franz Schubert is known for his beautiful melodies.
Franz Schubert is celebrated for his innovations in lieder and symphonic music.
Many orchestras include works by Franz Schubert in their concert programs.
Music historians often discuss the impact of Franz Schubert on the Romantic era.

Synonyms

Schubert

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An Austrian composer known for many songs and piano pieces

emphasizes historical importance in early Romantic music and broad stylistic range

Surface Forms

Franz Schubert main

Morphology

Franz + Schubert

This is a proper-name referring to a specific historical person; the meaning ('Austrian composer') is encyclopedic and cannot be compositionally derived from the constituent names. Knowing the words 'Franz' and 'Schubert' as names does not let a B1 learner infer the biographical information, so the expression is not transparently interpretable from its parts.

Etymology

Franz Schubert was an Austrian composer who wrote many short, very beautiful songs for voice and piano called 'lieder' and also larger works like symphonies. He died young but left many warm, song-like melodies, so his name today stands for a composer famous for beautiful songs and tunes.