“Anyone who loves music can never be completely unhappy.” Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
Come immerse yourself in the musical world of Schubert. Take a winter’s journey to the beautiful miller’s wife, listen to the wanderer’s fantasy, and serenade the Erlking! Browse our sheet music and scores, and discover more about Schubert today!
Franz Schubert was an Austrian composer of the Romantic Period. His friends called him “Schwammerl”, which means “little mushroom”, because of his small, chubby stature. His response however was simple, “take people as they are, not as they should be”, and that is exactly what the people did in 1821, when they organised the “Schubertiades” in his honour, a series of highly acclaimed salon concerts in Vienna, in which his works (especially his songs) were showcased, and in with Schubert himself played the piano. Even today, the term Schubertiade is widely used to describe a series of concerts or music festivals.
For a long time, Schubert lived in the shadow of Ludwig van Beethoven, whom he greatly admired, and in whose Vienna neighbourhood he lived for a short while, although at the time, the two composers never actually meet. Schubert said of his role model: “I think I could become something... but who can do anything after Beethoven?” They finally met in 1822, and a great mutual respect and admiration grew. When Beethoven passed in 1827, Schubert was one of the torchbearers at his funeral. Schubert himself died just a year later, much before his time, but through the abundance and wealth of his work, he and his music were quickly viewed along with Beethoven as immortal.
His composition “Gretchen am Spinnrade”, Gretchen at the Spinning Wheel, is often called the birth of Art Song. He set over 600 poems to music, including the famous song cycles Winterreise and Die schöne Müllerin, based on poems by Wilhelm Müller. Some of the most renowned recordings of Schubert’s songs were made in the 1960s by Fritz Wunderlich (tenor) and Hubert Giesen (piano).
But Schubert was much more than just the sum of his songs, he wrote numerous works for piano, many symphonies and masses, and he also tried his hand at opera. His symphonies are divided into six early works, and two late works that were not discovered until after his death, the Unfinished Symphony in B Minor and “The Great” Symphony in C Major, D944.
A few more of Schubert’s highlights are the Forellenquintett or Trout Quintet for Piano and String Quartet, the Schubert Impromptus, and the Moments Musicaux by Schubert for Piano.
for: Male choir, guitar
Score
Item no.: 638425
for: Piano 4 hands
Buch
Item no.: 837078
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317747
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 558660
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 665682
Woodwind Version
for: Flexible Woodwind Ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 991614
Ashdown Vocal Duets
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 962107
Klassik
for: Men's Choir [TTBB] and Piano
Choir score
Item no.: 982750
for: Piano 4 hands
Music score, CD
Item no.: 498471
D
for: Voice (high), piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1543847
arranged for male chorus based on Schubert's Song "Die Forelle" D 550
HCCS – Helbling Choral Concert Series
for: Male choir (TTBB); piano ad lib.
Piano score
Item no.: 243243
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 586823
for: Clarinet
Music score
Item no.: 342108
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 894675
from String Quintet op. 114
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 971664
Ständchen - Serenade
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 896392
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 648312
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 642359
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1163292
Klassik
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1103121
Klassik
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1105537
for: Piano
CD
Item no.: 1169726
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Music score
Item no.: 1565921
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 289799
for: Brass Quintet and Opt Percussion
Score, Parts
Item no.: 956007
for: Voice (high), piano
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 606520
von D 365 36 Originaltänze für Klavier
for: Violine (Flöte) und Gitarre
Ensemble score
Item no.: 761110
Book 10: Schubert
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 991637
Arranged for Clarinet Trio
for: Clarinet
Music score
Item no.: 334030
More than the Score
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 674928
for: Male choir, guitar
Score
Item no.: 638629
for: Male choir, guitar
Score
Item no.: 638589
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 962286
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 628032
for: Marimba and Piano
Book
Item no.: 1106912
for: Clarinet
Music score, CD
Item no.: 872476
for young male chorus (with cambiata voices) and piano (simplified)
Emerging Voices
for: Male choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 682680
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 223283
for: Choir unison and Piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 445832
for: Clarinet
Music score
Item no.: 336036
Op. 51, Nr. 1
for: Bläserquintett
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1169884
Klassik
for: Unison Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 964743
Klassik
for: Unison Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1100968
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 662956
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 321391
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 486800
for: Voice (high), piano
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 584018