“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: Euphonium, concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 589014
Blasorchester
for: Voice, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 589241
Alto Saxophone & Streicher
for: Alto saxophone, string orchestra
Sheet music
Item no.: 591358
for: Viola, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 590146
for: GES-H (S) (+ BL) 2 VL VC (KB) ORG
Score
Item no.: 188301
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 258322
for: Solo S + Choir + piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317203
for: Voice (high), piano
Score
Item no.: 356150
for: Small wind band
Item no.: 168426
Organ reduction
Item no.: 151248
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 256532
for: Voice (medium), piano
Score
Item no.: 283341
Blockflöten A 4 Nr. 1
for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 696968
Blasorchester
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 589044
Blasorchester
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 587995
Solo für C, Bb, F oder Eb-Instrument mit Blasorchester
Moderne Bearbeitung
for: Melody instrument (C/B-flat/E-flat/F), concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 487294
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 684984
op.52/6
D839
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 581120
for: SOLI GCH 2 OB 2 TRP-C PK 2 VL VA VC ORG (+ 2 FAG)
Score
Item no.: 181544
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 106670
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score
Item no.: 257599
for: Singstimme Orgel
Score
Item no.: 476401
for: Guitar
Music score (with TABs)
Item no.: 659978
Score
Item no.: 557269
for: Voice (tenor), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 238042
for: Voice (soprano), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 238048
for: Violine (oder Violoncello) und Klavier
Item no.: 356268
Greift auf den Notentext der in Privatbesitz befindlichen autographen Partitur zurück, die lange Zeit als verschollen galt.
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 238025
for: Mandolino E Strumenti Diversi
Score
Item no.: 258109
for: Cornet und Klavier
Book
Item no.: 198405
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 430872
für vier Solostimmen (SATB), gemischten Chor (SATB), Orchester und Orgel
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Set of parts
Item no.: 681781
for: Small wind band
Item no.: 153597
für vier Solostimmen (SATB), gemischten Chor (SATB), Orchester und Orgel
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 238036
for: Organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 238059
Greift auf den Notentext der in Privatbesitz befindlichen autographen Partitur zurück, die lange Zeit als verschollen galt.
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 238026
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 263495
Buch
Item no.: 249410
for: Accordion orchestra
Score
Item no.: 253017
Buch
Item no.: 248917
Greift auf den Notentext der in Privatbesitz befindlichen autographen Partitur zurück, die lange Zeit als verschollen galt.
for: Viola
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 238027
Greift auf den Notentext der in Privatbesitz befindlichen autographen Partitur zurück, die lange Zeit als verschollen galt.
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 238028
op. 20/2
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) und Orgel
Music score
Item no.: 730981
Gli scritti e le lettere tradotti e commentati
Book
Item no.: 780530
for: Männerchor (TT(B)B)
Music score
Item no.: 731021
for: 5 soloists (SATTB), mixed choir (SSATTBB), orchestra
Playback-CD (mp3) (choir part soprano)
Item no.: 658341