Schubert’s progress

Schubert’s report card in in the Music of the Court Chapel Choir-Boys in the I. & R. Seminary, 1st term, 1809:

Name Morals Studies Singing Pianoforte Violin Remarks
Schubert
Franz		 v. good good v. good good v. good A musical talent

Report card for the Scholars of the First Grammar Class at the University Preparatory School, first and second terms.

Name
and
Age of
the Youth		 Country,
Birthplace,
Domicile		 Name and
Occupation of Parents		 Morals Application Progress Stipendiary
Foundation
Scholar,
Paying
Scholar		 Remarks  
Religious
Instruction		 Latin Language
and style		 Mathematics Natural History and Physics Geography
and History		 Greek  

Schubert
Franz

11

 Orientation
No.
City 796		 Franz,
Schoolmaster

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

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 Foundation Scholar,
I. & R.
Seminary		    

Choir Boys of the I. & R. Court Chapel, Second Term 1809:

Name Morals Studies Singing Violin Pianoforte Remarks
Schubert
Franz		 g. g. v.g. v.g.  v.g. A special
musical talent.

Source: Deutsch, Otto Erich (1947) The Schubert Reader: A Life Of Franz Schubert in Letters and Documents. Translated by Eric Blom. New York, W. W. Norton, p. 12-13.

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