“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.
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 338381
for: Concert Band and Vocal Soloist
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1063410
for: Cello Duet
Book
Item no.: 144971
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1211717
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1014731
for: 4 Posaunen
Score, Parts
Item no.: 829164
D. 38
for: Trombone Trio
Score, Parts
Item no.: 829888
D. 56
for: Oboe Trio
Score, Parts
Item no.: 829607
for: Viola
Music score
Item no.: 829527
D. 53
for: Bassoon Trio
Score, Parts
Item no.: 829327
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat)
Music score
Item no.: 829144
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 829444
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1621307
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) und Keyboard
Item no.: 1621050
Lied nach Chr. Chr. Hohlfeld
Erstausgabe
Die Autorschaft Schuberts ist nicht gesichert
for: Soloist (tenor), women's choir, horn (E-flat), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 695323
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 895846
Erstausgabe nach den Klosterneuburger Stimmen
Urtext Stuttgarter Schubert-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Single part Organ
Item no.: 237198
Erstausgabe nach den Klosterneuburger Stimmen
Urtext Stuttgarter Schubert-Ausgaben
bezeichnete Stimme
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 668511
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) oder Frauenchor (S/SA) und Orgel oder Orchester oder Blasorchester
Bläserstimmensatz
Item no.: 1544837
for: Male choir, guitar
Guitar (single part)
Item no.: 638600
for: Piano 4 hands
Item no.: 355835
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 280475
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 280277
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir part Tenor 2
Item no.: 203471
for: Male choir, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 307916
for: Male choir, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 307573
for: Organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 282737
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1203798
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1202655
for: 2 soloists (SBar), Male choir (TTBB), string orchestra, piano
Score
Item no.: 672648
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 382407
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1062402
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1065579
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 309567
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1011132
for: Instrumental Accompaniment
Set of parts
Item no.: 1168846
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 956993
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1007156
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 185794
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 242917
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 377739
(Urtext)
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 133171
for: Chor und Keyboard
Choir score
Item no.: 875650
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 955982
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 634551
"The Great"
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 158545