“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.
Das Zeitmaß in seinem Klavierwerk
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 131453
D 759
for: Orchestra
Taschenpartitur
Item no.: 603847
Soprano E Organo
for: Soprano and Organ
Book
Item no.: 990401
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Book
Item no.: 164795
Klassik
for: Alto / Bass Voice and Piano
Book
Item no.: 169730
Klassik
for: Soprano or Tenor Voice and Piano
Book
Item no.: 169725
for: Saxophone, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 166450
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 460311
10 berühmte Titel für Saxophon (Es oder Bb)
for: Saxophone
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 312049
Urtext Stuttgarter Schubert-Ausgaben
for: 5 soloists (SATTB), mixed choir (SSATTBB), orchestra
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 668513
Stuttgarter Schubert-Ausgabe – Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Study score
Item no.: 580638
Lieder Mit Gitarre 1
for: Voice (high/medium), guitar
Item no.: 170838
with guitar accompaniment
for: Voice, guitar
Music score
Item no.: 314538
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1200866
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1200865
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1200856
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 971979
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 971868
Pianino 18
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 781204
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1194569
for: 2 Altos, Tenor and Baritone Saxophones
Buch
Item no.: 916813
Sopran (Tenor) und Klavier
for: Voice (tenor/soprano), piano
Item no.: 1586328
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 6 soloists (SSATTB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 174603
for: Piano
Music score, CD
Item no.: 890351
for: Violin, viola, cello (string trio)
Book
Item no.: 940027
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 848212
for: 3 guitars
Score, part
Item no.: 1199507
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 490747
Transcription for 10 wind instruments by Jean Francaix
for: Wind ensemble (10 instruments)
Score (facsimile)
Item no.: 353686
for: Piano
Single edition
Item no.: 356460
for: Piano
Single edition
Item no.: 1678310
for: Streichquartett, Streichquintett oder Streichorchester
Score
Item no.: 1665148
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 946914
for: Piano
Item no.: 1545541
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1552140
for: 2 voices, organ
Score
Item no.: 243196
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 424372
op. posth.
for: Mezzo-Sopran (Bariton) und Klavier
Item no.: 1586145
for: Mixed choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 444992
for: STR HBL
Score
Item no.: 160067
for: Frauenchor (zwei- bis dreistimmig), Orgel
Score
Item no.: 156420
for: Fanfare
Score, Parts
Item no.: 957205
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 889115
for: Violin
CD-ROM
Item no.: 1204398
for: Latin percussion
CD-ROM
Item no.: 1204357
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 796712
for: Low Brass
CD-ROM
Item no.: 1204350
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 182153