“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: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1175088
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 922023
for: Piano
Music score
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for: Flute, piano
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for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
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for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1644949
for: Symphonic orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
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for: Flute, piano
Item no.: 274648
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
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for: Chor (SA) und Keyboard
Item no.: 1621009
for: Chor dreistimmig
Item no.: 861561
for: Symphonic orchestra
Single part
Item no.: 631593
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 227207
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 217704
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 185795
for: Alt-Saxophon, Tenor-Saxophon und Bariton-Saxophon
Score, Parts
Item no.: 414381
for: Voice (low), piano
Item no.: 106677
for: 7 Blockflöten (SSAATTB)
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 446369
for: Piano
Item no.: 288800
for: Concert band
Set of parts
Item no.: 1620556
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
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for: 2 Violoncelli and Piano
Book
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for: Piano 4 hands
Music score
Item no.: 301381
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
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for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1356179
for: 2 or more Instruments
Book
Item no.: 1118068
for: Organ
Music score
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for: Saxophone
Item no.: 139176
for: Snare drum, piano
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für Violine und Streicher (Streichorchester)
for: Violin, string orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 655195
Klassik
for: Bass Voice and Piano
Book
Item no.: 1111511
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 909333
D Messe
for: Voice
Choir score
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for: Concert band
Score, Parts
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für flexibles Ensemble - Ensemble ad libitum Band 135
for: Flexible ensemble (5 voices)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 663528
for Flute Orchestra
for: Flute ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1586047
for: Piano 4 hands
Item no.: 375567
Licht entsproßne, glanz umfloßne, hehre Göttin
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 644884
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 341405
for: Male choir, piano
Item no.: 475933
for: BFL ENSEMBLE / PART ST / (SSAATTBBGBKB)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 290844
for: Symphonic orchestra
Item no.: 565191
Choir part Tenor 1
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alte Fassung
for: Solo A (Bar), Männerchor (TTB), Klavier
Choir score
Item no.: 422152
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