ABSTRACT
Franz Schubert had a short life, he died in Vienna in 1828 at 31 years of age, after composing more than 1500 works. His music might not be the most heard today, but it usually leaves a deep impression on listeners. Here is the testimony by Theodor W. Adorno:
We cry without knowing why; because we are not yet as this music promises us to be, but already in the unnamed happiness of feeling that this music being what it is, it is sufficient to ensure that one day we will be like it.
[Adorno 1928–1967]