“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: Soloist (alto/baritone), male choir (TTBB) [women's choir (SSAA)], piano
Piano score
Item no.: 351245
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 354873
for: 3 Blockflöten (SAT) und Klavier
Ensemble score
Item no.: 354750
for: 3 Blockflöten (SAT) und Klavier
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1660679
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 280279
for: Violin, piano
Item no.: 356261
for: Voice (high), piano
Item no.: 356164
for: Piano
Item no.: 356054
for: Viola, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1306825
for: Violin, piano
Item no.: 490781
for: 4 recorders (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 162732
for: STR QUARTETT (+ KB)
Set of parts
Item no.: 191483
for: 2 flutes, 2 clarinets
Score, Parts
Item no.: 636325
for: Violin, viola, cello (string trio)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 304656
for: Voice (high), guitar
Ensemble score
Item no.: 418741
Vocal Score
Urtext of the New Schubert-Edition
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano [organ]
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 684972
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 866060
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score
Item no.: 963673
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 315262
for: Violin, viola, cello (string trio)
Item no.: 140984
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1547359
for: Voice
Book
Item no.: 910673
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 890503
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 870218
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score
Item no.: 926592
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 237098
for: Women's choir [ssa], piano; flute ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 489110
for: Piano 4 hands
Score
Item no.: 419917
for: Piano
Score
Item no.: 418309
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 902820
for: Voice, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 901613
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 873788
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 376678
for: 4 voices (SATB) [mixed choir], piano
Score
Item no.: 423888
for: Male choir, guitar
Score
Item no.: 638456
for: Male choir (TTB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 815034
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 316619
for: Horn (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1250178
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 799376
for: Contralto and Piano
Score
Item no.: 885562
for: Latin percussion
Score, Parts
Item no.: 818732
for: Alto saxophone, piano
Book
Item no.: 820474
for: Flute, piano
Score
Item no.: 240994
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 866390
for: Piano
OTHER
Item no.: 883687
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 880722