“Anyone who loves music can never be completely unhappy.” Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
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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: Voice (low), piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1478700
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 620868
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1105410
for: Male choir, guitar
Score
Item no.: 638442
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 660019
for: Voice (high), piano
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 620957
Urtext
for: Piano
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401467
N. 3 op. 94 D780. Trascrizione per tre arpe ed una quarta opzionale
for: Harp
Music score
Item no.: 1207766
for: Piano 4 hands
Buch
Item no.: 837078
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 971610
for: Violin, piano
Music score
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for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1163239
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 620869
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317747
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1105445
for: Male choir, guitar
Score
Item no.: 638425
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 665682
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 558660
for: Piano 4 hands
Music score, CD
Item no.: 498471
for: Flexible Woodwind Ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 991614
for: Men's Choir [TTBB] and Piano
Choir score
Item no.: 982750
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 962107
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: Clarinet
Music score
Item no.: 342108
for: Cello, piano
Music score
Item no.: 722331
op. 90/3
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 722252
for: Voice (high), piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1543847
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 586823
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 894675
from String Quintet op. 114
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 971664
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 648312
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1163292
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 642359
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 896392
Klassik
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1103121
for: Piano
CD
Item no.: 1169726
for: Brass Quintet and Opt Percussion
Score, Parts
Item no.: 956007
for: Flute, piano
Music score
Item no.: 722353
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 289799
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1105537
for: Voice (high), piano
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 606520
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Music score
Item no.: 1565921
Book 10: Schubert
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 991637
Arranged for Clarinet Trio
for: Clarinet
Music score
Item no.: 334030
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 962286