“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.
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 466295
for: Male choir, guitar
Ensemble score
Item no.: 638592
for: Piano
Piano score
Item no.: 380061
for: Voice, piano
Single edition
Item no.: 307275
for: Piano
Item no.: 307216
for: Voice (high), piano
Single edition
Item no.: 186101
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Book
Item no.: 164908
for: Clarinet, piano
Item no.: 471365
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 127351
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Spielpartitur, Stimmensatz, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 116948
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 312157
for: 2 violins, viola, 2 cellos (quintet)
Study score
Item no.: 223668
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score
Item no.: 391572
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 356652
for: Voice (high), piano
Item no.: 356159
for: Piano
Item no.: 356058
for: Violin, piano
Item no.: 355537
über Melodien von Franz Schubert
for: Horn [violin], piano
Piano score, Solo parts
Item no.: 1672239
for: Flute ensemble
Book
Item no.: 1329679
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1566811
(Psalm 23)
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1340768
for: Soprano / Tenor, Choir Ad Lib. and Symphonic Band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1198607
Urtext Stuttgarter Schubert-Ausgaben
for: 5 soloists (SATTB), mixed choir (SSATTBB), orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 237123
Choisies et liées en suite par Serge Prokofieff
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1211464
for: Guitar
Item no.: 104811
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 242636
Studienpartitur (dt)
for: BUEHNENWERKE + SZENISCHE WERKE SINGSPIELE
Item no.: 1345078
für Violine und Orchester
Study Score 1027
for: Violin, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 660894
Ausschnitt aus einem Aquarell 1824
Poster
Item no.: 235947
Urtext Stuttgarter Schubert-Ausgaben
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 237917
Hinshaw Secular
for: SAB and Keyboard
Choir score
Item no.: 1057308
Teilweise ergänzt und bearbeitet.
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 660403
Serie 2, Band 8 - Fierabas Kritischer Bericht
Bühnenwerke - Notenteil erschienen im Verlag Bärenreiter
Book
Item no.: 664463
Volume 3
Studien-Edition
for: Piano
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1689262
New Schubert Edition. Series VIII. Supplement 4
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 118585
Lieder für Gitarre 2
for: Voice (high/medium), guitar
Item no.: 148488
D 105
Urtext Stuttgarter Schubert-Ausgaben
Komplettes Orchestermaterial (kostengünstiger Setpreis)
for: 6 soloists (SSATTB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Set of parts
Item no.: 669869
Shawnee Press
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1121317
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 963674
Schubert
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 626923
Musik aus der Frauenkirche Dresden
Audio-CD
Item no.: 691951
Testi in lingua originale con traduzione a fronte di Stefania Santandrea
Book
Item no.: 1343336
Das Zeitmaß in seinem Klavierwerk
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 131453
Soprano E Organo
for: Soprano and Organ
Book
Item no.: 990401
10 berühmte Titel für Saxophon (Es oder Bb)
for: Saxophone
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 312049
Urtext Stuttgarter Schubert-Ausgaben
for: 5 soloists (SATTB), mixed choir (SSATTBB), orchestra
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 668513
Stuttgarter Schubert-Ausgabe – Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Study score
Item no.: 580638
with guitar accompaniment
for: Voice, guitar
Music score
Item no.: 314538