“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, piano
Score
Item no.: 854248
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 922631
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 922624
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 883501
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1204540
for: 2 pianos
Score, Parts
Item no.: 885482
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 866229
for: für Violine,Viola,Violoncello,Kontrabass und Klavier
Taschenpartitur
Item no.: 395111
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) oder Frauenchor (S/SA) und Orgel oder Orchester oder Blasorchester
Set of parts
Item no.: 725813
for: Alto saxophone, piano
Music score
Item no.: 791845
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) oder Frauenchor (S/SA) und Orgel oder Orchester oder Blasorchester
Bläserstimmensatz Trompete, Flügelhorn 1&2, 2x Tenorhorn, Horn 1&2, 2x Bariton/Posaune, 2x Basstuba, Pauke
Item no.: 784362
"Liebe rauscht der Silberbach"
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 746870
for: Easy Piano
Item no.: 1360004
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1211947
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1212045
Single part Clarinet
Item no.: 906409
Single part Viola
Item no.: 906023
Single part Oboe
Item no.: 912025
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 634560
(Urtext)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Solo part(s)
Item no.: 428560
for: Männerchor (TTTTBB)
Choir score
Item no.: 428249
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 427875
with a 2nd Benedictus D 961
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 762743
from Rosamunde, Fürstin von Zypern op. 26
"Hier auf den Fluten"
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 695379
A text-critical edition “based on the sources” of this work which was first published by Breitkopf & Härtel in 1885
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 223575
for: Symphonic orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 193583
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 185374
Drei Gitarren oder Gitarrenorchester
for: 3 guitars
Item no.: 224809
for: Flexible Band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1089867
for: Mixed Choir [SATB], String Orchestra and Organ
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1091689
Harmonia-Men's Choir
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 909061
Choir part Soprano
Item no.: 646678
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Book
Item no.: 1134781
Groß ist Jehova, der Herr
for: Male choir, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 643865
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1201332
op. 33
for: Mixed choir, piano
Choir part Soprano
Item no.: 646783
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1109772
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 204335
for: Choir
Choir part Soprano 2
Item no.: 262325
for: Euphonium [TC] Solo
Book
Item no.: 1144618
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1668027
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 193163
for: Male choir, piano
Piano score
Item no.: 586003
for: 3 BFL (SAB) GIT
Ensemble score
Item no.: 138570
Potpourri
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1615993
Choir score
Item no.: 1177325