“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.
D 730
Einzelstimme Vc. (Kb.)
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237994
D 66
Einzelstimme Vl. 2
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237892
for: Fagott, 1 2
Single part
Item no.: 458413
D 49
Einzelstimme Vl. 1
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 232263
for: Cello, strings
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1557632
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 1557818
for: 7 Blockflöten (SSAATTB)
Treble recorder 1, 2 (single part)
Item no.: 243543
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 4
Item no.: 126829
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Electronium
Item no.: 126686
D 488
Einzelstimme Va.
for: Viola
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 238069
D 27
Einzelstimme Vl. 2
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 238039
D 27
Einzelstimme Vl. 1
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 238038
D 750
Einzelstimme Org.
for: Organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 238011
D 730
Einzelstimme Org.
for: Organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 237995
D 66
Einzelstimme Va.
for: Viola
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237893
Single part 2
Item no.: 377359
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 238051
Erstausgabe nach den Klosterneuburger Stimmen
Urtext Stuttgarter Schubert-Ausgaben
unbezeichnete Stimme
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237194
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1557820
for: Symphonic orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 141424
Second version with the variant of the Osanna in excelsis and the Cum Sancto Spiritu Fugue from the first version
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 695407
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1011133
Erstausgabe nach den Klosterneuburger Stimmen
Urtext Stuttgarter Schubert-Ausgaben
bezeichnete Stimme
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 668512
nach der "Cantate zu Ehren von Joseph Spendou's" D 427 (op. posth.128)
for: 2 soloists (SBar), Male choir (TTBB), string orchestra, piano
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 672651
nach der "Cantate zu Ehren von Joseph Spendou's" D 427 (op. posth.128)
for: 2 soloists (SBar), Male choir (TTBB), string orchestra, piano
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 672653
D 739
Einzelstimme Org.
for: Gemischter Chor (SATB), Orchester (2 Oboen (2 Cl), 2 Trompeten, Pauken, 2 Violinen, Violoncello / Kontrabass, Orgel)
Single part Organ
Item no.: 423917
D 739
Einzelstimme Vl. 1
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 238000
Offertorium in C
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237956
Offertorium
Schubert-Archiv
Stuttgarter Ausgaben
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237939
Graduale in C
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237901
D 950
Urtext Stuttgarter Schubert-Ausgaben
for: 5 soloists (SATTB), mixed choir (SSATTBB), orchestra
Clarinet 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237135
aus: Messe in F (2. Fassung)
for: 6 soloists (SSATTB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237069
Single part Bass instrument 1
Item no.: 377358
Der Satz, vermutlich im September 1812 komponiert, stellt eine der frühesten Meßvertonungen Schuberts dar.
for: Organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 237886
D 49
Einzelstimme Vc. (Kb.)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 232266
Offertorium in C
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237954
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) oder Frauenchor (S/SA) und Orgel oder Orchester oder Blasorchester
Single part Cello/Double bass
Item no.: 725838
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) oder Frauenchor (S/SA) und Orgel oder Orchester oder Blasorchester
Single part Viola
Item no.: 725830
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) oder Frauenchor (S/SA) und Orgel oder Orchester oder Blasorchester
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 725823
for: Youth string orchestra, piano
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 215414
for: Youth string orchestra, piano
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 215413
D 488
Einzelstimme Vc. (Kb.)
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 238070
D 962
Einzelstimme Va.
for: Viola
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 238018
D 739
Einzelstimme Vc. (Kb.)
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 238002
D 739
Einzelstimme Vl. 2
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 238001
for: Symphonic orchestra
Single part Kettledrums
Item no.: 458416
op. 77
for: String orchestra
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 783749
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 1557819