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Name
  
Frank Schubert


Role
  
Composer


Died
  
November 19, 1828, Vienna, Austria

Influenced by
  
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Heinrich Heine, Antonio Salieri, Friedrich Ruckert, Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg

Parents
  
Elisabeth Vietz, Franz Theodor Schubert

Siblings
  
Ferdinand Schubert, Ignaz Schubert

Compositions
  
Ave Maria - D 839, Ave Maria - D 839, Winterreise, Winterreise, Erlkonig, Erlkonig, Symphony No 8, Symphony No 8, Trout Quintet, Trout Quintet, Impromptus, Impromptus, String Quartet No 14, String Quartet No 14, Die Forelle, Die Forelle, Die schone Mullerin, Die schone Mullerin, Schwanengesang, Schwanengesang, Arpeggione Sonata, Arpeggione Sonata, Six moments musicaux, Six moments musicaux, Deutsche Messe, Deutsche Messe, Mass No 2, Mass No 2, Symphony No 9, Symphony No 9, Three Marches Militaires, Three Marches Militaires, Wanderer Fantasy, Wanderer Fantasy, Ave Maria, Ave Maria, String Quintet, String Quintet, Der Tod und das Madchen, Der Tod und das Madchen, Gretchen at the Spinning Wheel, Gretchen at the Spinning Wheel, Piano Sonata in A major - D 664, Piano Sonata in A major - D 664, Fantasia in F minor for piano four-hands - D 940, Fantasia in F minor for piano four-hands - D 940, Piano Trio No 2, Piano Trio No 2, An die Musik, An die Musik, Rosamunde, Rosamunde, Notturno, Notturno, Piano Sonata in G major - D 894, Piano Sonata in G major - D 894, Quartettsatz - D 703, Quartettsatz - D 703, Piano Sonata No21 in B, Piano Sonata No21 in B, Octet, Octet, Wiegenlied - D 498, Wiegenlied - D 498, Der Wanderer, Der Wanderer, String Quartet No 15, String Quartet No 15, String Quartet No 13, String Quartet No 13, Mass No 6, Mass No 6, 3 Piano Pieces, 3 Piano Pieces, Piano Sonata in A minor - D 784, Piano Sonata in A minor - D 784, Piano Trio No 1, Piano Trio No 1, Symphony No 5, Symphony No 5, Symphony No 2, Symphony No 2, Piano Sonata in A minor - D 845, Piano Sonata in A minor - D 845, Piano Sonata No20 in A major, Piano Sonata No20 in A major, Symphony No 4, Symphony No 4, Du bist die Ruh, Du bist die Ruh, Im Fruhling, Im Fruhling, Nacht und Traume, Nacht und Traume, Symphony No 3, Symphony No 3, Fierrabras, Fierrabras, Violin Sonata in A major - D 574, Violin Sonata in A major - D 574, The Shepherd on the Rock, The Shepherd on the Rock

Similar People
  
Ludwig van Beethoven, Robert Schumann, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Johannes Brahms, Frederic Chopin

Frank Schubert (1915–2003) was the last civilian lighthouse keeper in the United States.

Schubert worked for the United States Coast Guard since 1939; at the time of his death he was serving at the Coney Island Lighthouse in Sea Gate, Brooklyn, New York, where he had worked since 1960.

He maintained the grounds and fog signal, and was credited with saving 15 lives. Schubert remained at the lighthouse after it was automated in the 1980s, and was visited by many lighthouse buffs.

He died on December 11, 2003, aged 88.

References

Frank Schubert Wikipedia