“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: Symphonic orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 141193
for: Voice, piano
Gesamtausgabe, Singpartitur, Sammelband, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 116929
for: Voice, piano
Gesamtausgabe, Singpartitur, Sammelband, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 116923
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Book
Item no.: 164908
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 892166
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 922074
Fassung mit Blasinstrumenten
Stimmenset
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra [organ]
Set of parts
Item no.: 372701
D 950
Arrangement for chamber orchestra
for: 5 soloists (SATTB), mixed choir (SSATTBB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1659430
for: Violin, piano
Score, part
Item no.: 1619884
for: Accordion
Music score
Item no.: 299234
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 195617
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score
Item no.: 391572
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 483693
for: Salon orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 1677033
for: Soprane solo (3), Tenöre solo (5), Bässe solo (5), Sprecher, Gemischter Chor (SATB), Flöten (2), Oboen (2), Klarinetten (2), Fagotte (2), Hörner (2), Trompeten (2), Posaunen (3), Pauke, Streicher
Gesamtausgabe, Partitur, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 877726
for: Symphonic orchestra
Gesamtausgabe, Partitur, Sammelband, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 872780
for: Tenor solo, Sprecher (7), Gemischter Chor (SATB), Flöten (2), Oboen (2), Klarinetten (2), Fagotte (2), Hörner (4), Trompeten (2), Posaunen (3), Pauke, Harfen (2), Streicher
Gesamtausgabe, Partitur, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 869401
for: Voice, guitar
Buch
Item no.: 1008228
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 635329
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 358099
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 1155298
for: Flexible ensemble (5 parts), piano (school orchestra)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 171873
for: Voice, piano
Single edition
Item no.: 158541
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 1153918
for: Flexible youth concert band (5 parts)
Score (C)
Item no.: 1129642
for: 2 violins, viola, 2 cellos (quintet)
Study score
Item no.: 223668
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: Alto saxophone, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1306837
for: Horn (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1306834
for: Violin, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1306826
for: Baritone saxophone, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1283494
for: Bass trombone, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1283491
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1288082