“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: Salon orchestra
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 311826
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score
Item no.: 276859
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 254885
Salon-Orchester
for: Salon orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 173549
op. 52/6
for: Voice, piano
Noten hoch, mittel oder tief
Item no.: 735590
op. 52/6
for: Violine (oder Violoncello) und Klavier
Music score
Item no.: 749010
for: Clarinet (B-flat) [trumpet], piano
Piano score, Solo part (pdf download)
Item no.: 1641
for: Flute [violin], piano
Piano score, solo part, audio file
Item no.: 1490
for: Voice (high/medium/low), piano
Music score
Item no.: 492882
for: Voice (high), violin, piano
Score, part
Item no.: 106673
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 238022
G major
for: Voice (low), piano
Music score
Item no.: 723608
op. 52/6
for: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 750543
Piano reduction
Item no.: 327847
for: Voice (low), piano
Music score
Item no.: 316807
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 395232
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 320470
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 227217
for: Flöte / Violine / Violoncello, Gitarre
Score, Parts
Item no.: 367801
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 772429
for: Tenor saxophone, string orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 591373
for: Voice (high), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 2222
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 388505
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 684986
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 277586
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 644533
Für Solo, Frauen- oder Jugendchor und Klavier
for: Soloist (soprano), women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 658441
for: Voice (high), piano
[deutsch, französisch]
Item no.: 367799
D 839
Musik für Blechbläser
for: Tuba, organ
Organ score, solo part
Item no.: 556882
for: Concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 587919
for: Mixed choir, brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 595760
for: Horn (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 596404
for: Alto saxophone, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 590154
for: Cello [trombone/bassoon], piano
Piano score, solo part, audio file
Item no.: 1489
for: gemischter Chor und Orgel
Music score
Item no.: 730712
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Item no.: 261577
for: Sopran solo, Streicher
Score
Item no.: 176051
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 316630
for: Voice (high), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 283340
for: Flute, piano
Item no.: 614866
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar/AATBar)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 477709
Organ in Concert 008
for: Electric organ
Item no.: 1651449
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar/AATBar)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 576969
Piano reduction
Item no.: 152172
for: Clarinet, string orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 591312
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 4629
for: Voice, guitar
Score
Item no.: 334735
for: Voice (medium), piano
Item no.: 356151