“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: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1356178
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 951624
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1062004
for: Piano 4 hands
Score
Item no.: 253469
for: GCH ORG (STR)
Score
Item no.: 302112
Erstausgabe nach den Klosterneuburger Stimmen
Urtext Stuttgarter Schubert-Ausgaben
unbezeichnete Stimme
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237191
for: Flexible ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 473598
for: Voice, piano
Book
Item no.: 820388
for: Piano
Item no.: 367071
"Zögernd leise"
for: Frauenchor (SSAA) oder Männerchor (TTBB) mit Alt- oder Bariton-Solo und Klavier
Choir score (men voices)
Item no.: 743676
"Zwei sind der Wege"
for: Male choir
Choir score
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for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1593904
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
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for: Mixed choir, piano
Choir part Soprano
Item no.: 646783
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 887809
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
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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)
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for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
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for: Cello
Score
Item no.: 638223
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Piano reduction
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for: Piano
Music score
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for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
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for: Voice, piano
Music score
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for: Piano
Music score
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for: Flute, piano
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for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
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for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
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for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
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for: Chor dreistimmig
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for: Chor (SA) und Keyboard
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
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for: Double bass
Double bass (orchestral part)
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 370754
for: Symphonic orchestra
Single part
Item no.: 631593
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 404595
for: 2 Violoncelli and Piano
Book
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for: 7 Blockflöten (SSAATTB)
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 446369
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 227207
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 217704
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 185795
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1644949
for: Voice (low), piano
Item no.: 106677