Speaker: Betsy Schwarm
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Schubert may be best known for the symphony he didn’t finish. However, his widely admired Unfinished Symphony is only one part of the story. This Viennese native was also a master of songs, setting poems to music so that the words became even more powerful than they had been on the page. We’ll consider both sides of Schubert’s creative voice, vocal and instrumental alike. Let’s find out together why, nearly 200 years after his passing, his compositions are still revered.