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The Schubert Institute (UK)
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Franz Peter Schubert
31 Jan. 1797 - 19 Nov. 1828
After Wilhelm August Rieder, Watercolour, May 1825

A new 'Ography'



SIUK has a new ography. In addition to the long standing Song Cyles Discography and Schubert Filmography, we now have a Schubert Deltiography (catalogue of Schubert pstcards). For technical reasons, as with the other ographies, it is hosted on the Half Time Scores website.


Upcoming events


Schubert Study Day, and Robin Jessel Memorial Concert

St. Olave's Church, London, Saturday 20th October 2007

Programme

The day will begin with coffee as 11.00 am. Speakers will include Stan Freed, and there will be live performances by Liquid Architecture of Beethoven's Septet (Op. 20) in the morning session and Schubert's Octet (D803) in the afternoon session. The ensemble Liquid Architecture is currently resident at Holy trinity Church, Sloane Square, and gives concerts in the London area.

Travelling directions

St Olave's is not far from Fenchurch Street Station, and the nearest underground stations are Aldgate and Tower Hill. Some details of the church, and a map, can be found at: http://www.web.sadds.btinternet.co.uk/HartSt/hartst.html.

Welcome to the Web pages of the Schubert Institute (UK) (SIUK). The Institute is a UK-based charity. Its purpose is to promote and develop appreciation of the music of Franz Schubert and study of and research into his life and works. As a charity, it is a non-profit-making organisation which depends upon the efforts and enthusiasm of its members and officers in spreading the word.

The purpose of this web site is to promote the institute amongst prospective members, to provide a central point of access to information on the Web about Franz Schubert, and to provide the merely curious with a few facts about his life and works. For general information about the institute, please eMail our Hon Secretary, Thea Morris.

We are always keen to enrol new members for their subscriptions help to fund the various activities of the institute, and their enthusiasms and insights enrich all other members.

We welcome feedback about the contents of these pages. We would particularly welcome potential contributions, details of errors and omissions and information on other Web sites which may be of interest to the Schubert fan or scholar. You are very welcome to provide information, articles, reviews, etc., for the site, even if you are not a member of the institute. If you have any suggestions, or want further information about any item in these pages, please send an Email to Richard Morris at info@FranzSchubert.org.uk.

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Please note our associate site 'Half Time Scores' which supplies an interesting range of Schubertiana, particularly books, scores, postcards and other bits and bobs.

Request for Research Papers



As you will see in the introduction above, the purpose of the institute is to promote and develop appreciation of the music of Franz Schubert and study of and research into his life and works. To further the latter aim we have established the Schubert Institute Research Centre, which was recently officially opened. The heart of the collection remains the books, scores, letters and papers of the Schubert Scholar Maurice JE Brown, but we intend to make it a living centre which can be used for genuine research. To this end we are endeavouring to maintain an up-to-date library by acquiring new books on Schubert, and filling some gaps in Brown's collection. We also have a number of research papers which have been donated by some of our academic members.

However, to keep the centre as up to date as is possible, we would also like to acquire research papers about Schubert from non members. We therefore are appealing for donations of research papers. If you have written a thesis, dissertation or other such paper about Schubert, and would like a copy to be kept in the research centre, please write to us with the details. Thank You.