“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.
"Die Forelle" im Spiegel ihrer Interpretationen
Book
Item no.: 295313
for: Male choir, piano
Item no.: 560743
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 486350
for: 4 Posaunen
Score, Parts
Item no.: 829318
3 Trombones
for: Trombone Trio
Score, Parts
Item no.: 830085
D 105
Urtext Stuttgarter Schubert-Ausgaben
for: 6 soloists (SSATTB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237053
Gesangsstimme eingerichtet für Violine
eine Oktave über der Originallage
for: Violin
Single part
Item no.: 445843
for: 3 Oboe's and English Horn
Score, Parts
Item no.: 830228
for: 3 Oboe's and English Horn
Score, Parts
Item no.: 829988
for: 5 soloists (SATTB), mixed choir (SSATTBB), orchestra
Single part Trombone 1
Item no.: 237142
Urtext Stuttgarter Schubert-Ausgaben
for: 5 soloists (SATTB), mixed choir (SSATTBB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237127
D 678
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Trombone 1
Item no.: 237118
D 452
Urtext Stuttgarter Schubert-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Oboe 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237093
D 105
Urtext Stuttgarter Schubert-Ausgaben
for: 6 soloists (SSATTB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Trumpet 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237063
D 105
Urtext Stuttgarter Schubert-Ausgaben
for: 6 soloists (SSATTB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Trumpet 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237062
D 488
Stimmensatz
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 238066
D 730
Stimmensatz
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 237990
Graduale in C
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 237899
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1020117
Offertorium. Tenor-Arie mit Chor
D 963
for: Soloist (tenor), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 228676
Stuttgarter Schubert-Ausgabe – Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 227264
Stuttgarter Schubert-Ausgabe – Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 227263
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1200860
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 6 soloists (SSATTB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 146015
D. 51
for: Trombone Trio
Score, Parts
Item no.: 829800
for: Bläserquartett
Score, Parts
Item no.: 829739
D. 56
for: Saxophone Trio
Score, Parts
Item no.: 829618
D. 57
for: Trombone Trio
Score, Parts
Item no.: 829236
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1657460
Erstausgabe nach den Klosterneuburger Stimmen
Urtext Stuttgarter Schubert-Ausgaben
bezeichnete Stimme
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 668509
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1353449
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 882390
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1001790
for: Male choir (TBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1002660
for: GEMEINDE BLM
Score
Item no.: 344085
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 467871
for: Male choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 645664
for: Gesang und Zupforchester
Score
Item no.: 643815
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 949512
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 146347
for: Piano
Item no.: 172175
op. 51/1
for: Piano 4 hands
Music score
Item no.: 793547
"Es tanzen Mond und Sterne"
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir part Tenor 2
Item no.: 747055
"Notturno"
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Study score
Item no.: 749143
Eulenburg Miniature Scores
for: Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 749192
"Es tanzen Mond und Sterne"
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir part Bass 1
Item no.: 751584
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 363349
Item no.: 638253