“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: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 899513
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 766148
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1050270
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1048575
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1048510
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1045776
for: Voice (high), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 2332
for: Voice (high), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 2126
for: 2 clarinets (B-flat), piano
Score, parts, audio files
Item no.: 1205
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score, CD
Item no.: 213161
for: Voice (low), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 2718
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1680014
for: Guitar Orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1113558
for: Piano
Item no.: 401117
"Grand Symphony in C major"
Urtext-Edition
for: Symphonic orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 683311
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 466295
Entr'actes D 797 Nos. 1, 3a and 5 [from Op. 26]
for: Symphonic orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 487326
Piano reduction
Item no.: 285695
(Urtext)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 287134
for: Piano
Item no.: 284489
for: Piano
Item no.: 284488
for: Flute, piano
Item no.: 285126
from Rosamunde, Fürstin von Zypern op. 26
"Hier auf den Fluten"
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 331802
(complete)
for: Male choir, 4 horns
Set of parts (Wind instruments)
Item no.: 157877
with a 2nd Benedictus D 961
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 762744
for: Mixed choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 212880
for: Chamber ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 164664
Neue Ausgabe
zu Schuberts Lebzeiten erschienene Lieder in originaler Anordnung nach Opuszahlen (Sammelband, Urtextausgabe) (Collection, Urtext)
for: Voice (low), piano
Music score
Item no.: 382662
for: Piano 4 hands
Music score
Item no.: 630204
for: Piano
Item no.: 311855
for: Voice (high), piano
Item no.: 356159
for: Piano
Item no.: 356058
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 382351
for: Voice (medium), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 2875
for: Clarinet, piano
Item no.: 471365
for: Clarinet/Saxophone/Trumpet/Horn/Euphonium/Baritone/Trombone/Bass Tuba/Bassoon
Book
Item no.: 1189933
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1189070
for: Piano
Item no.: 307216
for: Flute ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 292694
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1185434
(Urtext)
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 584016
CD
Item no.: 225615
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1714378
for: Piano
Item no.: 288034
for: 2. Violine
Stimme, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 868831
for: Concert Band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1014084
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 280247
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