The Daily finally gets classy this week with its lookalike. One of senior Andrew Margules' pals eagerly e-mailed us to let us know that she and her friends had made an amazing discovery: their buddy looked just like the Austrian composer Franz Schubert! We scoured the Internet for photos of Schubby but, unfortunately, he died in 1823 - all we could find were oil paintings! Luckily, Andrew didn't have to sit for a portrait - the Daily's office, while rudimentary, at least has digital camera capability. While we're filled to the brim with pop culture knowledge here, we're lacking in the turn of the 19th century classical music knowledge. And while Andrew has some previous musical prowess, we just couldn't cut it, so instead of an informed interview, we've enclosed a list of important dates in Schubert's life.
Important dates in Schubert's life:
January 31, 1797 - Schubert is born
1808 - Received as a scholar at the Convict
1813 - First symphony
1814 - First opera: Des Teufels Lustschloss
1815 - Most prolific year of Schubert's career: second symphony in B-flat, a third symphony in D major, two Masses in G and B-flat, a new Dona Nobis for the Mass in F, a Stabat Mater and a Salve Regina
1823 - Schubert's first song cycle: Die sch?¶ne M??llerin, after poems by Wilhelm M??ller
November 19, 1828 - Schubert dies
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