“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: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 404595
for: Concert band
Set of parts
Item no.: 1620556
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 308163
for: Mixed choir, piano
Choir part Soprano
Item no.: 646783
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 887809
for: Flute, piano
Item no.: 274648
for: Mixed Choir(satb/sab)
Item no.: 1707235
for: Soli SATTB, Chor SSATTBB, Oboen (2), Klarinetten (2), Fagotte (2), Hörner (2), Trompeten (2), Posaunen (3), Pauke, Violinen (2), Viola, Cello, Kontrabass
Download (Audio)
Item no.: 1337021
for: Soli SATTB, Chor SSATTBB, Oboen (2), Klarinetten (2), Fagotte (2), Hörner (2), Trompeten (2), Posaunen (3), Pauke, Violinen (2), Viola, Cello, Kontrabass
Download (Audio)
Item no.: 1337020
for: Piano 4 hands
Music score
Item no.: 301381
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 227207
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 217704
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 634559
for: Symphonic orchestra
Single part
Item no.: 631593
for: Double bass
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 631617
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 631555
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 185795
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 370754
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1644949
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 367694
for: Symphonic orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 428077
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 188666
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 307073
for: Cello
Score
Item no.: 638223
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 322815
for: Flute, piano
Item no.: 224517
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 909061
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 868597
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1175088
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 922023
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1207107
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1356179
for: 2 or more Instruments
Book
Item no.: 1118068
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1109788
for: Saxophone
Item no.: 139176
for: Snare drum, piano
Item no.: 602217
für Violine und Streicher (Streichorchester)
for: Violin, string orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 655195
Klassik
for: Bass Voice and Piano
Book
Item no.: 1111511
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 909333
D Messe
for: Voice
Choir score
Item no.: 1175087
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1104956
für flexibles Ensemble - Ensemble ad libitum Band 135
for: Flexible ensemble (5 voices)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 663528
for Flute Orchestra
for: Flute ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1586047
for: Piano 4 hands
Item no.: 375567
Licht entsproßne, glanz umfloßne, hehre Göttin
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 644884