Franz Schubert and His Merry Friends by Opal Wheeler northeastern united states " --Jeff Goodell

" --Jeff Goodell

"Dolnick brilliantly re-creates the circumstances that made possible one of the most audacious frauds of the 20th century

sadly ending in grief when three of his thirteen children died of tuberculosis and he suffered a stroke that deprived him of speech for his last five years

According to revolutionary new research

getting close to those they care about

Franz Schubert and His Merry Friends by Opal Wheeler northeastern united states " --Jeff GoodellThis book is about the brilliant young Schubert, his merry friends, and their pranks and escapades, in most of which Franz is the hero. One of the most interesting stories in the book is the new light that is shed on the history of the Unfinished Symphony. It remained unfinished, not because of poverty, illness and discouragement, or because of the composer's early death. The real reason, according to the authors, was that Schubert's merry friends