“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: Mixed choir (SATB), 5 woodwinds (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1599539
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1599534
op. 121/1 and op. 51/2
for: Klavier, Marimbaphon und Schlagzeug (2 Spieler)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 736066
for: Viola, Keyboard
Instrumental Solo & Accompaniment
Item no.: 1612062
Flute
for: Flute, piano
Music score
Item no.: 738820
for: Oboe, organ
Score, 2 Single parts
Item no.: 1633345
for: Viola, piano
Score, 2 Single parts
Item no.: 1633675
for: Trumpet, organ
Score, 2 Single parts
Item no.: 1633653
for: Voice, organ
Score, 2 Single parts
Item no.: 1633427
for: Bass clarinet
Sheet music
Item no.: 1288083
for: Alto saxophone, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1288076
for: Tuba, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1288067
for: 2 violins, cello
Music score
Item no.: 1548795
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 779809
for nine Instruments
for: Nonett (Flöte, Oboe, Klarinette in B, Fagott, Horn in F, Violine, Viola, Violoncello, Kontrabass)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 783987
for: Horn (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1283493
for: Tuba (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1283215
for: Voice (tenor), guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1307041
for: Trumpet, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1306835
for: Euphonium, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1307623
for: Brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1298740
for: Voice, orchestra
Sheet music
Item no.: 1310733
for: Bass clarinet, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1302771
for: Baritone saxophone, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1302752
for: Alto trombone, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1302745
for: Flexible ensemble (4 voices)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1304163
for: 4 clarinets
Sheet music
Item no.: 1304162
for: Bass trombone, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1301741
for: Violin, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1301736
for: Mixed choir, brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1315790
(D 366/4)
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 756556
for: Violin, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1478892
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1049346
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1049023
for: 3 voices (medium)
Score
Item no.: 3810
for: Voice (high), piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1025378
for: Voice (high), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1638
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 901156
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1553734
for: Violin, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1543814
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1250184
for: Voice (alto), guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1250386
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1251500
for: Trombone, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1245082
for: Viola, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1245074
for: Double bass, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1245069
for: Euphonium, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1245068
for: Descant (soprano) recorder, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1246105