“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: STR HBL
Score
Item no.: 160067
for: Frauenchor (zwei- bis dreistimmig), Orgel
Score
Item no.: 156420
for: Fanfare
Score, Parts
Item no.: 957205
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 889115
for: Violin
CD-ROM
Item no.: 1204398
for: Latin percussion
CD-ROM
Item no.: 1204357
for: Low Brass
CD-ROM
Item no.: 1204350
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 182153
for: Klarinettenchor
Score, Parts
Item no.: 491050
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 805401
for: Flexible woodwind ensemble (5 parts)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 995143
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 839516
for: Mixed choir, piano
Item no.: 189083
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 122890
for: Choir
Playback-CD (Chorstimme Bass)
Item no.: 637952
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 777187
Edition Alfonso
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 749800
op. 96/3 / op. 4/1
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 733674
No. 2 A flat Major
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 727228
op. 67/1
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 726948
Möseler Chorreihe
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 795673
mit leichten Originalstücken und Bearbeitungen
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 747724
"Death and the Maiden"
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score
Item no.: 737474
op. 67/15
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 741378
Schott Archive
for: Piano
Single edition
Item no.: 739933
"Sah ein Knab' ein Röslein steh'n"
for: Piano 4 hands
Music score
Item no.: 724995
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 723640
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: 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
(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