“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: Voice, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 587994
for: Alto saxophone, organ
Item no.: 132996
for: Trumpet (B-flat) [clarinet/tenor saxophone], organ
Score, part (pdf download)
Item no.: 1488
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 257890
for: Mixed choir, piano
Piano score
Item no.: 287694
for: Electric organ
Item no.: 108556
for: Treble recorder, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 674734
for: Violin, viola
Score, Parts
Item no.: 579589
for: Voice (low), piano
Music score
Item no.: 105987
for: Cello, piano
Score, part
Item no.: 143358
Klassik
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 162416
for: Accordion
Music score
Item no.: 147170
op. 52/6
for: Flute, piano
Music score
Item no.: 726042
for: Violin, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 590145
for: Trumpet, string orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 591327
for: Viola, string orchestra
Sheet music
Item no.: 591295
for: Tuba, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 596411
for: Flute, clarinet, 2 violins, cello, double bass, piano
Item no.: 137168
Fantasy
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 749023
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 344986
for: Voice, piano [organ]
Music score
Item no.: 486712
for: Voice (high), piano
Single edition
Item no.: 658889
for: Streichquartett, Kontrabass (ad libitum)
Score, part
Item no.: 561400
for: Viola, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 627398
zusammen mit Schubert, F.: Ave Maria, tief (D-Dur)
for: Voice (low), piano
Music score
Item no.: 1668101
for: Violin, piano
Item no.: 491272
for: Tenor saxophone (B-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 590155
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
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for: Bass trombone, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 596406
for: Trombone, piano
Sheet music
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for: Horn (F), piano
Sheet music
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for: Flute, string orchestra
Sheet music
Item no.: 596904
(zus. mit Bach/Gounod: Ave Maria)
for: Alt (Bariton) und Klavier
Music score
Item no.: 760376
for: Voice (low), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 2220
for: Piano; voice ad lib.
Single edition
Item no.: 578208
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 257997
for: Accordion
Score
Item no.: 258031
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 423781
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 367920
for: Piano
Item no.: 356403
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 238021
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 207413
for: Singstimme (mittel), Orgel (Frauenchor ad libitum)
Score
Item no.: 375889
for: Voice, piano
Item no.: 302322
for: Oboe, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 590151
for: Trumpet, organ
Item no.: 371282
for: Voice (medium), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 2221
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 194484