“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: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 776290
D 678
Zweite Fassung mit der Fuge "Cum Sancto Spiritu" aus der ersten Fassung und einer Variante des "Osanna"
Urtext Stuttgarter Schubert-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Study score
Item no.: 580640
Klassik
for: 5 woodwinds (quintet)
Buch
Item no.: 922131
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 275851
Collection Anacrouse
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1323962
(Collection)
Study score
Item no.: 580636
for: 2 violins, viola, 2 cellos (quintet)
Book
Item no.: 937845
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1200864
Per Contralto O Basso E Pianoforte
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 1635289
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 656589
for: Piano
CD
Item no.: 603082
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 173803
for: Voice (high), piano
Single edition
Item no.: 1677049
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 422110
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 348498
for: Double Woodwind Ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 995250
for: Unison or 2-part Vocal
Choir score
Item no.: 808384
for: Harfe
CD-ROM
Item no.: 1204372
for: Clarinet
CD-ROM
Item no.: 1204330
for: Flute, piano
Book, CD
Item no.: 958932
for: Mixed choir, piano [organ]
KA / PART
Item no.: 146345
for: Violin, piano
Score
Item no.: 240764
for: Salon orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 150584
D 950
Arrangement for chamber orchestra
for: 5 soloists (SATTB), mixed choir (SSATTBB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1659430
for: Accordion
Music score
Item no.: 299234
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 195617
for: Salon orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 1677033
for: Voice, guitar
Buch
Item no.: 1008228
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 1155298
for: Flexible ensemble (5 parts), piano (school orchestra)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 171873
for: Violin, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1307622
for: Cello, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1307620
for: Tuba (B flat), guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1301724
for: Piccolo, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1302778
for: Bassoon, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1302768
for: Bass recorder, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1302761
for: Alto saxophone, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1302756
for: Tenor saxophone, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1302754
for: Horn (F), organ [piano]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1302749
for: Horn (E-flat), piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1302747
for: Voice, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1310734
for: Flute, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1308154
for: Clarinet, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1308152
for: Clarinet, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1313049
for: 3 trumpets [3 cornets], piano
Piano score, parts
Item no.: 1311862
for: 8 saxophones (octet)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1309191
for: Horn (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1306834
for: Violin, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1306826