Spaun

Spaun grasped the situation at once, and thenceforth Franz was kept supplied with all the music-paper he required, a kindness for which he showed his gratitude by devoting his spare time to composition.

Story-Lives of Great Musicians Francis Jameson Rowbotham

On the very first day that he took his seat in the orchestra his clever playing attracted the attention of the leader, a big fellow named Spaun, who sat immediately in front of him.

Story-Lives of Great Musicians Francis Jameson Rowbotham

It was observed by others besides Ruzicka and Spaun how greatly Schubert's gifts and earnestness influenced the rest of the players, and tended to increase and strengthen their taste for good music.

Story-Lives of Great Musicians Francis Jameson Rowbotham

He wrote frequent letters to his friends -- his home circle -- whom he addresses as his 'dearest, fondest friends, Spaun, Schober, Mayrhofer, and Senn -- you who are everything to me.'

Story-Lives of Great Musicians Francis Jameson Rowbotham

One afternoon in the winter of this year 1815, the 'old Convicter 'Spaun called upon

Story-Lives of Great Musicians Francis Jameson Rowbotham

On turning round to ascertain who it was that was bringing forth such excellent tone from his fiddle, and, moreover, playing with such precision, Spaun discovered it to be 'a small boy in spectacles, named Franz Schubert. '

Story-Lives of Great Musicians Francis Jameson Rowbotham

To which Spaun, in surprise, answered that there could be no doubt in the matter, since he had already done a great deal.

Story-Lives of Great Musicians Francis Jameson Rowbotham

And as time went on his desire for composition increased to such an extent that his kind friend Spaun must often have been taxed to keep pace with his demand for music-paper.

Story-Lives of Great Musicians Francis Jameson Rowbotham

From that moment big Spaun became little Franz's intimate friend and counsellor.

Story-Lives of Great Musicians Francis Jameson Rowbotham

Schober had a claim on which to found this proffer -- namely, that he was already well known to Spaun, to whose medium, indeed, was due the fact that Schubert's songs had been first brought under his notice.

Story-Lives of Great Musicians Francis Jameson Rowbotham