The background of Schubert's lullaby creation

There is a story about lullaby creation: Schubert was living in poverty. One night, without eating, he walked to the front of a luxury hotel. There was an old newspaper on the dining table, so Schubert picked it up and rummaged through it. He saw a poem on it: "Go to sleep, go to sleep, my dear baby, mother gently shakes you with her hand ..."

This simple and touching poem touched the composer's heart, and the image of loving mother appeared in front of him. On that quiet night, the mother patted the child gently and hummed a lullaby. The silver moonlight shone on the mother and son through the window ... Schubert took out a piece of paper from his pocket and a pencil, humming and writing quickly.

When Schubert finished writing it, he gave it to the owner of the restaurant. Although he didn't know music, he thought it was so nice and beautiful that he gave Schubert a pot of roast beef with potatoes.

Schubert wrote this sweet song for his mother and children with a beautiful heart in poverty. This "lullaby" soon spread all over the world, but its author Schubert died in poverty.

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Introduction to Schubert

During his short life of 365,438+0 years, Schubert wrote more than 65,438+0,000 works, including more than 600 songs, 65,438+08 operas, operas and music with operas, 65,438+00 symphonies and 65,438+09 string quartets.

Schubert lived in a transitional period between classicism and romanticism. His symphony style inherits the classical tradition, but his artistic songs and piano works are totally romantic. He fully explored the form of artistic songs, making it a perfect form of expression. Schumann, Brahms, Wolff, Strauss and Mahler, including Wagner's songs, all followed the path initiated by Schubert.

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