“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: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1050270
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1048575
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1048510
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1045776
for: Voice (high), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 2332
for: Voice (high), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 2126
for: 2 clarinets (B-flat), piano
Score, parts, audio files
Item no.: 1205
for: Voice (low), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 2718
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1680014
for: Guitar Orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1113558
Piano reduction
Item no.: 285695
for: Clarinet/Saxophone/Trumpet/Horn/Euphonium/Baritone/Trombone/Bass Tuba/Bassoon
Book
Item no.: 1189933
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1189070
for: Flute ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 292694
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1185434
for: Concert Band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1014084
for: Gemischter Chor (SATB), Orgel o Klavier
Score
Item no.: 1340115
for: Chor Gemischter Chor (SA & Männerst.), Klavier
Score
Item no.: 1337835
for: Soli SATB, Gemischter Chor (SATB), Oboen (2), Fagotte (2), Trompeten (2), Pauke, Violinen (2), Viola, Cello, Kontrabass, Orgel, [Hörner (2), Posaunen (3)]
Score
Item no.: 1337200
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 922074
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 861067
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 257471
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 315286
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 645628
for: Violin, piano
Score, part
Item no.: 660847
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 912336
for: SATB
Choir score
Item no.: 860948
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 766148
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 892166
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) oder Frauenchor (S/SA) und Orgel oder Orchester oder Blasorchester
Organ reduction
Item no.: 736645
Leise flehen meine Lieder
for: Cello, piano
Music score
Item no.: 1548687
for: Concert band; voice ad lib.
Item no.: 1678901
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 316424
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317383
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317222
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score, CD
Item no.: 213161
for: Flexible youth concert band (5 parts)
Score (C)
Item no.: 1129642
for: 2 Flutes and Alto Flute
Score, Parts
Item no.: 974247
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 603185
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Piano score, parts
Item no.: 1382959
for: Voice (low), piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 172799
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 149619
for: Soprane solo (3), Tenöre solo (5), Bässe solo (5), Sprecher, Gemischter Chor (SATB), Flöten (2), Oboen (2), Klarinetten (2), Fagotte (2), Hörner (2), Trompeten (2), Posaunen (3), Pauke, Streicher
Gesamtausgabe, Partitur, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 877726
for: Symphonic orchestra
Gesamtausgabe, Partitur, Sammelband, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 872780
for: Tenor solo, Sprecher (7), Gemischter Chor (SATB), Flöten (2), Oboen (2), Klarinetten (2), Fagotte (2), Hörner (4), Trompeten (2), Posaunen (3), Pauke, Harfen (2), Streicher
Gesamtausgabe, Partitur, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 869401
Score
Item no.: 659205
for: Chor, Orchester, Orgel
Gesamtausgabe, Partitur, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 645621
(Urtext)
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 584016