“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.
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for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 727239
for: Fanfare
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1187746
for: Concert Band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1187725
for: Fanfare
Score
Item no.: 1179960
for: Fanfare
Score
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Score
Item no.: 1336878
Score
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for: Soli STB, Gemischter Chor (SATB), [Trompeten (2), Pauke], Violinen (2), Viola, Cello, Kontrabass, Orgel
Score
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for: Piano
Music book, 2 CDs
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for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 677805
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
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for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
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for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
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for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Klavierauszug vokal, Digitalartikel (AODP)
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for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Additional parts
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for: 3 saxophones (ATBar)
Score, Parts
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for: Voice, piano
Music score
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for: Piano
Music score
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for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
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for: Piano
Music score
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for: 5 saxophones (SAATBar)
Score, Parts
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for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
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for: 2 voices, organ
Score
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for: Voice (high), piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
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for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
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Tragic Symphony
for: Symphonic orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
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for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
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for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 988251
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
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for: Piano
Music score
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for: Voice (high/medium), guitar
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for: 4 Singstimmen (SATB), Klavier
Score
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for: Piano
Music score
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(complete)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
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for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score
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for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 796712
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
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for: Violin, piano
Piano reduction, solo part
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for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
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for: Flute [violin], guitar
Score, Parts
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for: Piano
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for: Guitar
Item no.: 149527
Piano reduction
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for: Viola, guitar
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for: Clarinet (a), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 268671
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Score
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for: Viola d'amore, piano
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