Information Sheet for the Commemorative Postage Stamp on the 150^th Death Anniversary of Franz Peter Schubert, an Austrian composer of late Classical and early Romantic eras :

Issued by India

Issued on Dec 25, 1978

Type : Information Folder (Brochure) bearing an Adhesive Postage Stamp with First Day Special Cancellation Postmark

Colour : Multicolour

Denomination : 100 Paise

Overall size : 3.91 X 2.90 cms.

Printing size : 3.55 X 2.54 cms.

Perforation : 13 x 13

Watermark : Printed on unwatermarked adhesive stamp paper

Number printed : 20,00,000

Number per issue sheet : 35

Printing process : Photogravure

Designed and printed at : India Security Press

Name : Franz Peter Schubert

Born on Jan 31, 1797 at Alsergrund, Vienna, Austria

Died on Nov 19, 1828 at Vienna, Austria

About : 

• Franz Peter Schubert who was born in Vienna in 1797 and died there in 1828, ranks as one of the greatest composers of western classical music.
• Schubert was the son of a school-master of modest means, but he had the advantage of being a member of an intensely musical family whose string-quartet performances were renowned in their area. Greatly admired as he was by a discriminating circle of friends and music-lovers, he never became rich, and there was a time when he would write down a song just to cover the cost of a meal.
• Music flowed naturally and effortlessly from Schubert. His output over his short life-span of 31 years is prodigious. While capable of rising to great heights of dramatic intensity and power in his magnificent Symphony No. 9 in C, Schubert is widely remembered and loved for his exquisite sense of melody enshrined in his matchless songs, which have given joy and inspiration to millions of music-lovers all over the world.
• On the occasion of his 150^th death anniversary when India pays her tribute to this great son of Austria, it is gratifying to learn that among Schubert’s compositions is one on the theme of a great classic of India, “Shakuntala”.
• On his death in 1828, a year after the death of Beethoven, whom he idolised, Schubert was buried beside Beethoven, two great geniuses nurtured in the creative atmosphere of Vienna.

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