Franz Schubert and the Mysterium Magnum

Franz Schubert and the Mysterium Magnum explores the incredibly rich symbiosis of Jewish and Christian mysticism that flourished in Germany and Austria at the beginning of the nineteenth century. In the music of Franz Schubert heaven and earth intertwine in the sublime experiences of a wanderer. This is some of the most elevated art that any civilization has produced. The door that leads to this is poetry.

Franz Schubert was called by Franz Liszt “the most poetic of all composers.” Poems ins...