“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: Flexible youth concert band (5 parts)
Score (C)
Item no.: 1129642
for: Organ
Stimme, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 868834
for: 2. Violine
Stimme, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 868831
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 149619
for: Soprane solo (3), Tenöre solo (5), Bässe solo (5), Sprecher, Gemischter Chor (SATB), Flöten (2), Oboen (2), Klarinetten (2), Fagotte (2), Hörner (2), Trompeten (2), Posaunen (3), Pauke, Streicher
Gesamtausgabe, Partitur, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 877726
for: Piano 4 hands
Music score
Item no.: 630204
for: Piano 4 hands
Gesamtausgabe, Spielpartitur, Urtextausgabe, Sammelband
Item no.: 873896
for: Symphonic orchestra
Gesamtausgabe, Partitur, Sammelband, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 872780
for: Tenor solo, Sprecher (7), Gemischter Chor (SATB), Flöten (2), Oboen (2), Klarinetten (2), Fagotte (2), Hörner (4), Trompeten (2), Posaunen (3), Pauke, Harfen (2), Streicher
Gesamtausgabe, Partitur, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 869401
Score
Item no.: 659205
for: Chor, Orchester, Orgel
Gesamtausgabe, Partitur, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 645621
(Urtext)
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 584016
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Gesamtausgabe, Partitur, Sammelband, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 459302
(Urtext)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 212441
for: Orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 148561
"Grand Symphony in C major"
Urtext-Edition
for: Symphonic orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 683311
Entr'actes D 797 Nos. 1, 3a and 5 [from Op. 26]
for: Symphonic orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 487326
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 382351
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 912864
with a 2nd Benedictus D 961
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 762744
(Urtext)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 287134
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 635329
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 772391
for: Flute, piano
Item no.: 285126
for: Piano
Item no.: 284489
for: Piano
Item no.: 284488
for: 6 soloists (SSATTB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 149625
for: Symphonic orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 141193
for: Voice, piano
Gesamtausgabe, Singpartitur, Sammelband, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 116930
for: Voice, piano
Gesamtausgabe, Singpartitur, Sammelband, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 116929
for: Voice, piano
Gesamtausgabe, Singpartitur, Sammelband, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 116923
from Rosamunde, Fürstin von Zypern op. 26
"Hier auf den Fluten"
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 331802
for: Male choir, guitar
Ensemble score
Item no.: 638592
for: Piano
Piano score
Item no.: 380061
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: Voice, piano
Single edition
Item no.: 307275
for: Piano
Item no.: 307216
for: Voice (high), piano
Single edition
Item no.: 186101
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 207189
for: Viola, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 283004
for: Voice (low), piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 172799
for: Klarinette und Klavier
Score, solo part
Item no.: 1199570
for: Voice, piano
Single edition
Item no.: 158541
for: Violin, piano
Score, part
Item no.: 1619884
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 483693
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 284263
for: 2 Flutes and Alto Flute
Score, Parts
Item no.: 974247
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score
Item no.: 391572