“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: 3 Oboe's and English Horn
Score, Parts
Item no.: 829217
Klassik
for: Tenor Voice, Choir and Piano
Book
Item no.: 984123
for: 2 flutes (duet)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 914578
Klassik
for: Voice (low), piano
Book
Item no.: 972068
Klassik
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 971990
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 971974
for: 4 Posaunen
Score, Parts
Item no.: 829987
for: 4 Trombones and Bass Trombone
Score, Parts
Item no.: 829754
for: 4 clarinets
Score, Parts
Item no.: 829112
D 678
Zweite Fassung mit der Fuge "Cum Sancto Spiritu" aus der ersten Fassung und einer Variante des "Osanna"
Urtext Stuttgarter Schubert-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237104
Sonata Arpeggione D821 for two guitars
for: 2 guitars
Score, Parts
Item no.: 672587
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 644701
D. 38
for: Bassoon Trio
Score, Parts
Item no.: 829947
D. 56
for: Trombone Trio
Score, Parts
Item no.: 829640
D. 56
for: Recorder Trio
Score, Parts
Item no.: 829630
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 829229
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 842308
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 844033
BOVACO Vocal Solo
for: Voice, concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1024548
for: Concert Band and Vocal Soloist
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1012451
for: Mixed Choir [SATB] and String Ensemble
Score
Item no.: 998406
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1012203
for: Voice (alto), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 346936
for: Voice (alto), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 366505
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1085555
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 324214
for: Piano
Single edition
Item no.: 933615
for: Piano Quintet
Score
Item no.: 992937
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 992913
Erstausgabe nach den Klosterneuburger Stimmen
Urtext Stuttgarter Schubert-Ausgaben
unbezeichnete Stimme
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237192
for: Electronic Organ
Book
Item no.: 819339
"Es tanzen Mond und Sterne"
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir part Bass 2
Item no.: 751585
for: Keyboard
Instrumental Solo
Item no.: 1053193
for: Mixed Choir(satb/sab)
Item no.: 1707236
"Rosamunde"
Overture
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1714145
with the Appendix “Das Gebet des Herrn”
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 621302
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 631619
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 188662
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 367692
"Auf, es dunkelt" / "Leise, leise, lasst uns singen"
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 742663
for: Soli SATTB, Chor SSATTBB, Oboe, Klarinetten (2), Fagott, Horn, Trompete, Posaune, Pauke, Violinen (2), Viola, Cello, Kontrabass
Score
Item no.: 1655411
for: Women's choir a cappella
Item no.: 379196
Single part Bassoon
Item no.: 916949
Single part Flute
Item no.: 914696
for: Choir
Choir part Tenor 1
Item no.: 308431
Choir score
Item no.: 1177804
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 258381