Analysing Schubert's Second Symphony

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As Schubert once wrote, "I have come into this world for no purpose but to compose," yet at the time he composed the Second Symphony, it appeared that Schubert’s future was that of a teacher, following in the footsteps of his father. However, a gift as prodigious as Schubert’s could not be restrained, and in those few spare moments away from his teaching position, a deluge of music poured from Schubert’s pen. Among the returns of his extraordinary productivity are two masses, four operas, a string quartet, and his second and third symphonies not to mentions scores of songs, and all that during 1815 alone. That not all of this music is especially memorable is a side note to the dedication required to simply put all those notes down on paper, a monumental undertaking that is nearly beyond imagination, probably bordering on the obsessive. These early works do, however, illustrate a blossoming genius. They are smartly composed and show thoughtful considerations of the mediums, belying both his age and the incredible alacrity with which they were written. Within a few years, at the ...

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