“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: 4 tubas
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1692970
for: 4 saxophones
Sheet music
Item no.: 1692960
for: String orchestra
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for: Violin, piano
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for: Bass clarinet
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for: Chorus & Organ
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for: 8 trombones
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for: Clarinet, string orchestra
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for: Soprano, Clarinet & Orchestra
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for: 8 clarinets
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for: Brass quintet
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for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
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for: Tenor saxophone (B-flat), piano
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for: Baritone saxophone, piano
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for: Cello, piano
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Item no.: 1226460
for: Tenor recorder, piano
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Item no.: 1226745
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1672687
for: Trumpet, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1283548
for: Soprano saxophone, piano
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Item no.: 1283495
for: Treble recorder, piano
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Item no.: 1283222
for: Bass recorder, piano
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Item no.: 1283220
for: Cello, piano
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Item no.: 1288062
for: Oboe, piano
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Item no.: 1306841
for: Cello, piano
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Item no.: 1306824
for: Tenor saxophone, piano [organ]
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Item no.: 1302755
for: Bass trombone, guitar
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Item no.: 1301740
for: Tuba (E-flat), piano [organ]
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Item no.: 1301727
for: Horn (F), piano
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Item no.: 1266367
for: Accordion
Item no.: 473054
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
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for: Mixed choir, piano [organ]
Sheet music
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Item no.: 622070
for: Male choir (TTB), piano
Score
Item no.: 422105
for: Choral
Item no.: 1378135
for: Choral
Item no.: 1376824
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1383743
for: Choral
Item no.: 1374762
for: Choral
Item no.: 1374761
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1713749
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 471339
for: Voice (medium), organ
Music score
Item no.: 343983
for: 2 Soli (ST), 2 Oboen, 2 Fagotte, 2 Violinen, Viola, Violoncello / Kontrabass
Score
Item no.: 423877
for: 6 soloists (SSATTB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 237046
for: Piano
Piano score
Item no.: 359438
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1383333
for: Violin, piano
Item no.: 356275
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 356100
(complete)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 367536