 He also wrote ten sonatas for violin and piano and five sonatas for cello and piano.As Beethoven, in his last quartets, went off in his own direction, Franz Schubert carried on and established the emerging romantic style.In his 31 years, Schubert devoted much of his life to chamber music, composing 15 string quartets, two piano trios, string trios, a piano quintet commonly known as the "Trout Quintet", an octet for strings and winds, and his famous quintet for two violins, viola, and two cellos.