Schubert Symphony No. 8, "Unfinished"

<p class="p1">There are many reasons why Schubert’s Unfinished Symphony remains a mystery to this day - <span class= "Apple-converted-space"> the</span> literally unfinished form, the unusual way of the symphony's emergencee into public consciousness, and probably most importantly, the character of the music itself, which seems to inhabit a different realm altogether, whether in its brooding first movement or the heavenly second movement.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span> When Schubert’s half-finished symphony was discovered, it had been sitting in a drawer of the minor composer Anselm Huttenbrenner for 43 years, unmissed and unheard by anyone.<span class= "Apple-converted-space"> </span> The score was discovered by the conductor Johann von Herbeck.<span class= "Apple-converted-space"> </span> Herbeck naturally considered the moment where he first held the score unforgettable, quickly organized a performance, and 37 years after Schubert’s death, the Unfinished symphony was heard for the first time.<span class= "Apple-converted-space"> </span> But, the truth is that the fact that the symphony is unfinished isn’t really that special.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span> Composers started and failed to finish works all the time, whether they were songs, symphonies, operas, cantatas, or something else.<span class= "Apple-converted-space"> </span> Most of those pieces are either ignored or are regarded as interesting curiosities by none but the most hardcore classical music lovers.<span class= "Apple-converted-space"> </span> So why is this one different?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span> Why do these two movements rank up there with Bach’s Art of Fugue, Bruckner’s 9th symphony, Mozart’s Requiem and C Minor Mass, as pieces that are still performed today despite their unfinished nature.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span> Today, we’re going to find out.<span class= "Apple-converted-space"> </span> We’ll explore the two existing movements of the symphony, take a look at the fragment of