“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: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 280475
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 280277
for: Violin, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 327993
for: Cello Duet
Book
Item no.: 144971
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 303633
"The Great"
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 158545
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1211717
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 237977
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 237964
for: Soloist (tenor), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 228672
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 237897
Entr'actes D 797 Nos. 1, 3a and 5 [from Op. 26]
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 367217
Erstausgabe nach den Klosterneuburger Stimmen
Urtext Stuttgarter Schubert-Ausgaben
bezeichnete Stimme
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 668511
Erstausgabe nach den Klosterneuburger Stimmen
Urtext Stuttgarter Schubert-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Single part Organ
Item no.: 237198
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 336818
from Rosamunde, Fürstin von Zypern op. 26
"Hier auf den Fluten"
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 695378
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 646824
Harmonia-Men's Choir
for: Voice (tenor)
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 912216
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1194425
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1175615
for: Flute, Viola and Violin
Book
Item no.: 1102476
for: Voice (medium), symphony orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 366693
for: GES-M GES-H ORCH
Score, Parts
Item no.: 366506
for: Male choir, piano
Piano score
Item no.: 490549
for: Male choir, piano
Piano score
Item no.: 293152
Buch
Item no.: 248813
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1356227
for: Voice (high)
Buch
Item no.: 1085687
D 106
Einzelstimme Vl. 1
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 238044
for: Women's choir a cappella
Chorstimme(n)
Item no.: 645398
Die linden Lüfte sind erwacht
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 643589
for: 4 clarinets
Score, Parts
Item no.: 637231
für Violine und Streicher (Streichorchester)
Urtextausgabe
for: Violin, string orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 655197
Chorus set 20 Parts
for: Choir
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1090286
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1102735
Klassik
for: Flute, Viola and Violin
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1102889
Schubert's last great mass, whose first performance in October 1829 he no longer lived to experience
Breitkopf Urtext Edition
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1660654
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Alto Voice
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 913094
Klassik
for: Piano
CD
Item no.: 1194224
for: Viola
Set of parts
Item no.: 645667
Offertorium. Tenor-Arie mit Chor
D 963
for: Soloist (tenor), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 228677
Stuttgarter Schubert-Ausgabe – Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 227266
D 452
Urtext Stuttgarter Schubert-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Oboe 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237092
D 105
Urtext Stuttgarter Schubert-Ausgaben
for: 6 soloists (SSATTB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Bassoon 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237059
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Item no.: 382406
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1121897
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 238049
for: Bläserquartett
Score, Parts
Item no.: 830029
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