3 Facts About Schubert's Death and the Maiden Quartet

  1. Schubert’s String Quartet No. 14, known as Death and the Maiden, was first performed in 1826 in a private home in Vienna.

  2. The quartet was not published until 1831, three years after Schubert’s death in 1828.

  3. Schubert never heard his quartet performed publicly or saw it in print during his lifetime.