SCHUBERT, FRANZ. - Musician, b. 31 Jan. 1797 in Vienna, d. there 19 Nov. 1828.
Having completed his first studies with his father, his brother, and M. Holze, choirmaster of his parish church, he was admitted to the Imperial Chapel and to the boarding school, where he was first violinist.
By 1811 he had already composed various pieces of music, including a Mass in C major and a Kyrie. At sixteen he left the boarding school and became a teacher, while continuing to compose, among other works, the Mass in G major and the Mass in F, which, sung on 16 Oct. 1814 on the occasion of the first centenary of the parish of Lichtental, was highly successful.
After his extensive production of Lieder, he again composed sacred music: Psalm 23 (which met with great success at the « Musikverein ») and the Missa solemni, composed between 1820 and 1822. The complete chronological list of his sacred works comprises: Antiphons, op. 113 (1820); Auguste im coelestium, duet for soprano and tenor (1816); Grable, op. 150 (1815); 3 Kyries (1812-13); Magnificat (1816); 6 Masses (1814-28); 5 Offertories (1816-28); 4 Salve Regina (1814-24); 2 Stabat Mater (1815-16); 5 Tantum ergo (1816-28); Deutsche Messe (1827).