“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.
Version for Arpeggione and Piano
Wiener Urtext Edition
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 666174
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score
Item no.: 391298
for: Flute, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 593055
(Death and the Maiden)
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 217882
for: Tenor saxophone (B-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1306836
for: Piano
Item no.: 401253
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401114
for: Zither (6 chords)
Backing sheet
Item no.: 150840
for: Voice, guitar
Buch
Item no.: 1041357
for: Voice (high), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1774
for: Clarinet (B-flat), piano
Music score
Item no.: 1548927
for: Youth symphony orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 677834
New Edition Opp. 37–80
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 382668
for: Cello, piano
Item no.: 292345
Based on the first prints
for: Voice (low), piano
Music score
Item no.: 359843
über das Lied "Trockne Blumen" (Die schöne Müllerin, D 795 Nr. 18)
Neuausgabe nach den Quellen (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Flute, piano
Piano reduction, Solo part(s)
Item no.: 429072
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 391724
for: Voice (tenor), 2 classical guitars
Music score
Item no.: 1011265
for: 2 violins, viola, 2 cellos (quintet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 461169
Low Voice
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Voice (low), piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 494587
für Klavier
teilweise ergänzt, mit Fingersätzen
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 661658
for: Flute
Music score, 2 Playback-CDs
Item no.: 290241
for: Voice, piano
Item no.: 335322
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 318945
for: Alto flute, piano
Music score
Item no.: 736743
for: Voice (medium), 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 683850
for: 2 violins, viola, 2 cellos (quintet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 196839
"Rosamunde"
Overture
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 480256
for: Piano
Item no.: 401354
for: Piano
Item no.: 401112
for: Voice (low), piano
Vocal score
Item no.: 359644
for: Violoncello (Viola, Flöte) und Gitarre
Partitur
Item no.: 137131
for: 4 cellos
Score, Parts
Item no.: 662984
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 627633
for: Alto flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 134947
for: Voice (tenor), guitar
Item no.: 556100
for: Voice (high), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1369
for: 5 soloists (SATTB), mixed choir (SSATTBB), orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 237124
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 681399
for: Voice (medium), piano
Item no.: 382350
for: Violin, piano
Item no.: 401506
for: Voice (low), piano
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 170862
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 656265
for: Voice (mezzo-soprano), piano
Sheet music, audio files
Item no.: 1271
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score
Item no.: 723650
for: Double bass, piano
Item no.: 158117
for: Voice (low), piano
Songbook
Item no.: 227088
for: Voice (soprano), clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 294939