“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: Women's choir (SS), piano
Score
Item no.: 297048
for: Flute, piano
Score
Item no.: 240993
for: Voice (high), piano
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 584018
Nach Franz Schuberts Thema aus der Symphonie D 759 "Die Unvollendete"
HCCS - Helbling Choral Concert Series
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 123014
op. 90/3
for: Cello, piano
Music score
Item no.: 759081
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 878764
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 316381
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 962079
for: Male choir, guitar
Score
Item no.: 638585
for: Voice (baritone), piano
Music score
Item no.: 744962
BÄRENREITER URTEXT
for: 2. Violine
Stimme, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 1615915
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1194593
for: Accordion
Item no.: 1670359
Trascrizione per chitarra di Ganesh Del Vescovo
for: Guitar
Music score, CD
Item no.: 1164720
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1141813
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 1026954
Klavierauszug
for: BUEHNENWERKE + SZENISCHE WERKE SINGSPIELE
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1344060
Harfe 3
for: STREICH- UND ZUPFINSTRUMENTE HARFE DREI HARFEN
Item no.: 1616632
für Sopran- oder Tenor-Solo, Männerchor und Orchester oder Klavier
for: Soloist, male choir (TTBB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 682395
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 997683
C
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1048575
G
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1048510
arrangiert für Querflötenorchester und Pauken
for: Flute ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 292694
D
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1045776
BÄRENREITER URTEXT
for: Cello
Stimme, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 1615913
Bb
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1665764
for: GEMEINDEGESANG BLM
Score, Parts
Item no.: 333677
CD Chorstimme Tenor 1
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 637943
D
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1050270
(Wohin soll ich mich wenden)
for: Small wind band
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 214035
D 948
Klavierauszug
Piano reduction
Item no.: 238073
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 912336
for: Flexible ensemble
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 223981
for: Violin, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1250097
for: Violin & String Quintet
Sheet music
Item no.: 1250334
Blasorchester
for: Concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 587687
for: 5 woodwinds (quintet)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1247507
Op. 90 Nr. 3
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1288082
Op. 90 Nr. 3
for: Alto trombone, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1288071
Op. 90 Nr. 3
for: Tuba (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1288066
Op. 90 Nr. 3
for: Tuba (B-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1288065
for: Tuba, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1245077
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1121323
Euphonium & Klavier
for: Tuba, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 593065
for: Trombone, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1250176
for: Viola, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1250169
for: Bassoon, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1246107