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Schubert (1997-1828) lived a short life. He wrote seven completed symphonies. Plus his famous Eigth Symphony called "unfinished". My personal favorites are the Ninth "Great" in C minor and the Fifth in B flat. the Ninth is called "Great" to distinguish it from the Sixth also in Cminor which is called "little" The ninth is also one in my opinion one of the greatest symphonies written.
I have spoken of "the Curse of the Ninth" Bruckner and Mahler also wrote unfinished symphonies their ninth and tenth respectively. Their deaths caused the works to be incomplete. people have tried to complete both works. However with Schubert's Eighth, he put it aside for other projects. I like Bruckner's works especially his chamber works. I am not much of a fan of Mahler. Shubert wrote a Seventh and tenth symphony which were not completed in his lifetime. They have only survived in piano transcriptions. I was watching the classical music channel on cable yesterday and I heard Schubert's tenth. both the Seventh and Tenth have been orchestrated by Brian Newbould. he is a British composer, conductor and music scholar and an expert on Schubert there is also an E minor symphony called "1825 which is attributed to Schubert. I do not know much about this piece. I have only seen one CD each fo the above works listed on Arkiv Music Before the digital age and the advent of computers people had to use paper and things could have gotten lost easy. I have not heard the other works. Schubert like Bruckner lived in Vienna. Bruckner wrote two earlier symphonies that are not numbered. As of now, I have not heard these symphonies. for the Seventh and Tenth symphonies check the article on Wikipedia and it ahs more details and technical terms which I do not want to get in to. These works are worth listening to.
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