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A Schubertiade (also spelled Schubertiad) is an event held to celebrate the music of Franz Schubert (1797–1828). Modern Schubertiades also include concert series and festivals, such as the Schubertiade Vorarlberg.
While in those years many Schubertiades included the composer's participation, accompanying notable baritones like Johann Michael Vogl on the piano, this was not necessary; they were sometimes held in places other than Vienna, where Schubert spent most of his life, and assumed the character of a literary-musical salon. In addition to Schubert's music, they often also featured poetry readings, dancing, and other sociable pastimes. Attendees numbered from a handful to over one hundred. Notable guests were Joseph Sonnleithner, Leopold von Sonnleithner, Anton von Doblhoff-Dier, Franz Grillparzer, Johann Baptist Jenger, Moritz von Schwind, Ludwig Ferdinand Schnorr von Carolsfeld, Wilhelm August Rieder, Johann Mayrhofer, Johann Gabriel Seidl, Franz Lachner, Joseph von Spaun and even Ludwig van Beethoven.
Modern Schubertiades are more likely to be formal affairs, presented as concerts or festivals devoted to Schubert's music. Since 1976 the annual Schubertiade Vorarlberg has been held in Hohenems and Schwarzenberg, initiated by the German baritone Hermann Prey. Other Schubertiades are staged in Ettlingen, Dörzbach and Schnackenburg, in Luxembourg City, Biel/Bienne, and at the Vilabertran monastery in Spain.
In contrast, the 1897 depiction by Julius Schmid is a somewhat more formal affair, and the people in the painting are not recognizably Schubert's friends.
The Schubertiade in Schwarzenberg and Hohenems is one of the biggest Schubert festivals with around 80 events and between 35,000 and 40,000 visitors each year. Chamber music, piano recitals as well as Orchestra, readings and lectures, as well as master classes by renowned artists are part of the event.
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