“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: Piano
Item no.: 288800
for: Flute, piano
Item no.: 224517
for: Woodwind Sextet
Score, Parts
Item no.: 866030
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1006775
for: Choir
CD-Pack
Item no.: 1353469
for: Piano
Single edition
Item no.: 932956
for: Cello
Score
Item no.: 638223
for: Voice (alto), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 349955
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1356178
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 951624
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1175088
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1062004
for: Piano 4 hands
Score
Item no.: 253469
for: GCH ORG (STR)
Score
Item no.: 302112
for: 2 Violoncelli and Piano
Book
Item no.: 163756
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 322815
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: Alt-Saxophon, Tenor-Saxophon und Bariton-Saxophon
Score, Parts
Item no.: 414381
for: Flexible ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 473598
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 922023
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 887809
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 868597
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1593904
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1207107
for: Voice, piano
Book
Item no.: 820388
for: Voice (low), piano
Item no.: 106677
for: Piano 4 hands
Music score
Item no.: 301381
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1621241
for: Chor (SA) und Keyboard
Item no.: 1621009
for: Chor dreistimmig
Item no.: 861561
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317476
for: Flute, piano
Item no.: 274648
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
Item no.: 736217
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: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 634559
for: Double bass
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 631617
for: Symphonic orchestra
Single part
Item no.: 631593
for: 2 violins, viola, cello
Sheet music
Item no.: 1639755
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1644949
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 370754
(Urtext)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Solo part(s)
Item no.: 428562
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 428266
for: Symphonic orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 428077
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 223495
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