“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: Alto trombone, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1288071
for: Tuba (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1288066
for: Tuba (B-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1288065
for: Piano 4 hands
Gesamtausgabe, Spielpartitur, Urtextausgabe, Sammelband
Item no.: 873896
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 255143
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ [orchestra]
Choir score
Item no.: 622662
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 603185
for: 6 soloists (SSATTB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 170286
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 632506
for: Violin, piano
Score, part
Item no.: 660847
for: Violin, piano
Score, part
Item no.: 659881
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 991599
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 207189
for: Voice, piano
Gesamtausgabe, Singpartitur, Sammelband, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 116930
for: 3 TRP FLHRN BAR 3 POS
Item no.: 196837
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 127351
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 5 woodwinds (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1570767
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1570766
for: Orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 148561
for: Voice (low), piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 172799
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 257471
for: Solo for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Alto Saxophone or Trumpet & Concert Band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1315231
for: Piano 4 hands
Music score
Item no.: 743849
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) oder Frauenchor (S/SA) und Orgel oder Orchester oder Blasorchester
Organ reduction
Item no.: 736645
op. 25
for: hohe Singstimme (original) und Gitarre
Music score
Item no.: 738539
Eulenburg Miniature Scores
for: 2 violins, viola, 2 cellos (quintet)
Study score
Item no.: 732088
op. 120
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 748974
Easiest Piano Pieces by Franz Schubert
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1548804
Leise flehen meine Lieder
for: Cello, piano
Music score
Item no.: 1548687
op. 33/1
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 751055
op. posth. 152
for: Piano 4 hands
Music score
Item no.: 752995
for: Concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 587687
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 779806
"Bescheiden verborgen"
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 747056
No. 2 E flat Major
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 735276
"Rosamunde"
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score
Item no.: 725679
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1665764
for: Concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 588384
for: Tuba, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 593065
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 312157
for: Violin, piano
Item no.: 355537
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 1026954
for: Trombone, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1250176
for: Viola, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1250169
for: Violin, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1250097
for: Violin & String Quintet
Sheet music
Item no.: 1250334
for: 5 clarinets (quintet)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1247513