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| | Franz Peter Schubert: Master of Song |
 | | Franz Peter Schubert was born into a musical family on January 31, 1797 in Vienna as twelfth child of a schoolmaster, Franz Theodor Schubert (1763-1839), and his wife, Maria Elisabeth Vietz (1756-1812). |
 | | After Schubert returned to his father's house in 1813, he was eager to devote himself entirely to composition, but at his father's insistence, he entered a ten-month training course to become a "school assistant," a subordinate teacher, at an elementary school. |
 | | Schubert so disliked his time spent at elementary teaching, that when he was finally free to compose at the end of the day, he made every minute count. |
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