Franz Schubert; a Musical Biography

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He set some sixty of Goethe's songs, and among these many of the most beautiful. It was a fit reward for his devo- 76 FRANZ SCHUBERT.
tion that one of them earned him his first popularity.
His first appearance before the Viennese public was indeed in another character. It will seem strange to those who know him as a song writer, that he should come out as the com- poser of an operetta. His friend Yogi had used his uifluence with the direction of the opera- house, to have Schubert entrusted with
... a li- bretto, and m 1819 a piece adapted from the French, and called " The Twins," was given him. The libretto was anything but good. The idea of twin brothers so like as to be mistaken for each other, is one of the oldest on the stage ; and m the present instance no attempt was made to extract new wit from the worn-out subject.
The mayor of a village had a daughter born to him eighteen years before the time chosen for the play. While he was in quest of a god- father, a neighbour named Franz, who was just of age, came and announced his intention of going to seek his fortune, and his twin brother.


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