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The house in Vienna where Schubert was born
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Schubert: 20 facts about the great composer
1. The house in Vienna where Schubert was born
Franz Peter Schubert was born near Vienna in January 1797. He was the 12th child of a Moravian schoolteacher, Franz, and his wife, Elisabeth. Franz senior - who played cello - taught his son the rudiments of music. The house in which young Franz was born, pictured, was known as the Red Crayfish but is today 54 Nussdorfer Strasse in the ninth district of Vienna.
