schubert raze "and i heard of a pure maiden who had died. and around her tomb a circle was formed; within it youths revolved as if in a state of endless bliss. they spoke softly that they might not awaken the maiden. heavenly thoughts appeared to pour continuously from the maiden's tomb like fiery sparks which fell in a soft, silent shower on the young men. i longed to walk there too, but it was said that one could not enter the circle except by a miracle." (from franz schubert's diary, 1822) 160210 ... unhinged he wrote a string quartet subtitled death and the maiden and it is one of the monoliths of the genre personally, i find schubert a little on the long winded and constrained side. i guess he was pretty good at melody and sonata form but he wasn't innovating anything the way debussy was 160210 what's it to you? who go blather from