“Anyone who loves music can never be completely unhappy.” Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
Come immerse yourself in the musical world of Schubert. Take a winter’s journey to the beautiful miller’s wife, listen to the wanderer’s fantasy, and serenade the Erlking! Browse our sheet music and scores, and discover more about Schubert today!
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.
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
for: Oboe
Music score
Item no.: 830370
Bassoon Trio
for: Bassoon Trio
Score, Parts
Item no.: 830130
D. 45
for: 4 clarinets
Score, Parts
Item no.: 830126
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 971978
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 256460
D 105
Urtext Stuttgarter Schubert-Ausgaben
for: 6 soloists (SSATTB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237051
Klassik
for: Choir
Book
Item no.: 984355
for: Flötenquartett
Score, Parts
Item no.: 829847
for: Trombone
Music score
Item no.: 829807
D. 57
for: Tuba Trio
Score, Parts
Item no.: 829737
D. 147
for: Tuba Trio
Score, Parts
Item no.: 829471
D. 56
for: Violin Trio
Score, Parts
Item no.: 829051
D. 53
for: Trombone Trio
Score, Parts
Item no.: 829047
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 829314
for: 3 Oboe's and English Horn
Score, Parts
Item no.: 830018
String Ensemble
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 829150
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1060557
Woodwind ensemble
for: Flute, Oboe, Clarinet and Bassoon
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1348568
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1010743
for: 12 FL
Score
Item no.: 173883
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 993287
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1001573
for: Baritone Voice and Orchestra
Score
Item no.: 837069
for: GCH (SSAB) KLAV (ORCH)
Score
Item no.: 365706
for: Male choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 406249
for: Soprano and Piano
Book
Item no.: 1178447
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) oder Frauenchor (S/SA) und Orgel oder Orchester oder Blasorchester
Set of parts
Item no.: 725813
for: Alto saxophone, piano
Music score
Item no.: 791845
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) oder Frauenchor (S/SA) und Orgel oder Orchester oder Blasorchester
Bläserstimmensatz Trompete, Flügelhorn 1&2, 2x Tenorhorn, Horn 1&2, 2x Bariton/Posaune, 2x Basstuba, Pauke
Item no.: 784362
"Liebe rauscht der Silberbach"
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 746870
for: Male Choir (ttbb/ttb/tb)
Item no.: 1706870
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 922349
for: Piano
Score
Item no.: 180411
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 820863
Single part Oboe
Item no.: 912025
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 912593
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 907844
Single part Clarinet
Item no.: 906409
Single part Viola
Item no.: 906023