“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.
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 658587
for: Symphonic orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 472546
for: Violin, viola, cello, double bass, piano
Spielpartitur, Stimmensatz, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 116946
nach dem Gedicht "Der Berghirt" von W. Müller
for: Sopran (Tenor), Klarinette (Violine, Flöte, Violoncello) und Klavier
Score, Parts
Item no.: 760344
for: Voice (medium/high), piano
Sheet music, audio files
Item no.: 2169
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Piano score, parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 132295
"Wanderer Fantasy"
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 620946
for: Voice (baritone), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 673912
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 290891
for: Piano
Item no.: 147687
(Death and the Maiden)
Studien-Edition
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 183774
Edited from the sources and provided with commentary and fingering
Wiener Urtext Edition
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 261159
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401512
for: Piano
Item no.: 401118
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 190462
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 383414
"Unfinished"
for: Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 758186
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 205424
for: Clarinet, horn, bassoon, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 196850
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 133923
Eulenburg Miniature Scores
for: 2 violins, viola, 2 cellos (quintet)
Study score
Item no.: 391302
for Clarinet (B flat/C), Bassoon, Horn (F/C), 2 Violins, Viola, Violoncello, Double Bass
Henle Urtext Editions
for: Clarinet, horn, bassoon, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass
Set of parts
Item no.: 617096
"Rosamunde", "Quartett-Satz" and fragment of the second movement
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 2 violins, viola, cello
Set of parts
Item no.: 116952
(Trout Quintet)
Studien-Edition
for: Violin, viola, cello, double bass, piano
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 133823
for: Piano
Item no.: 401468
for: Quartet
Book
Item no.: 164794
for: Violin, piano
Spielpartitur, Stimme, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 116943
Edited from the sources
Wiener Urtext Edition – New Edition
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 646068
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 484580
for: Piano
Item no.: 401522
for: Flute, piano
Item no.: 113433
Ausgabe D: für einstimmigen Volksgesang mit Orgel
for: Voice, organ
Item no.: 199982
Ständchen
for: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 750524
Kreisler masterpieces for violin
for: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 747174
Eulenburg Miniature Scores
for: Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 749296
for: Voice (high), piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1025398
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 893206
pour contrebasse et piano (original pour arpeggione et piano)
Collection Richard Dubugnon
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 664026
for: STR QUARTETT / PART ST 2 VL VA VC
Set of parts
Item no.: 359571
Mittlere Stimme (Sammelband, Urtextausgabe) (Collection, Urtext)
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 551958
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 154153
"Grand Symphony in C major"
Urtext-Edition
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 292335
for: Violin, viola, cello, double bass, piano
Item no.: 287024
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 444375
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 796410
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 205803
"The Great"
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 175113
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 159306