Chamber Music of Franz

Schubert
Chamber music
• Chamber music is a form of classical music written for small
group of instrument which is traditionally accommodated in a
palace chamber.
Chamber music
• It is usually involves any music that is performed by a small
number of performers with one performer to a part
Franz Schubert
Franz Schubert
• Schubert dedicated more than 30 years of his life to chamber
music. He composed 15 string quartets, two piano trios, a string
trios, a piano quintet. However, he had a short tragic life. His
chamber music became the medium of his life’s conflict.
Franz Schubert notable Chambers:
• String quintet in C major D. 956
• Trout quintet
• String quartet No. 14 in D minor – “Death and the Maiden”