Show Sc huberts serenade whatever his inspiration schubert wrote the serenade to suit the words of a poem by ludwig A number of Rell Reli stabs poems were originally sent by their author to beethoven who declined to do anything with them because of the state ot of his health but who recommended that they be turned over to schubert this was done after Beet hovens death in 1828 schubert wrote a number of fine songs which were brought out after his death under the title of swan songs serenade is no 4 of the swan songs which include six others written to Rell stabs words schubert was born bom january 31 1797 and died november 19 1828 |