“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: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 315262
for: Violin, viola, cello (string trio)
Item no.: 140984
for: Voice
Book
Item no.: 910673
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 890503
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 870218
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score
Item no.: 926592
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 237098
for: Women's choir [ssa], piano; flute ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 489110
for: Piano
Score
Item no.: 418309
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 902820
for: Voice, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 901613
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 873788
for: 4 voices (SATB) [mixed choir], piano
Score
Item no.: 423888
for: Male choir, guitar
Score
Item no.: 638456
for: Male choir (TTB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 815034
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 316619
for: Horn (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1250178
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 799376
for: Contralto and Piano
Score
Item no.: 885562
for: Latin percussion
Score, Parts
Item no.: 818732
for: Alto saxophone, piano
Book
Item no.: 820474
for: Flute, piano
Score
Item no.: 240994
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 866390
for: Piano
OTHER
Item no.: 883687
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 880722
for: Flöte, Oboe, Klarinetten (2), Fagotte (2), Hörner (2)
Spielpartitur, Urtextausgabe, Sammelband
Item no.: 117796
for: Keyboard
Sheet music
Item no.: 1146
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 908316
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 865812
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1583630
for: Organ
Stimme, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 203946
for: 2. Violine
Stimme, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 193782
for: 2 violins, 2 violas, cello
Stimmensatz, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 189087
for: Symphonic orchestra
Gesamtausgabe, Partitur, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 185037
for: Symphonic orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 163618
for: Piano 4 hands
Gesamtausgabe, Spielpartitur, Urtextausgabe, Sammelband
Item no.: 116933
for: Sopran solo, Alt solo, Tenor solo, Bass solo, Gemischter Chor (SATB), Flöte, Oboen (2), Klarinetten (2), Fagotte (2), Hörner (2), Trompeten (2), Posaunen (3), Pauke, Streicher, Orgel
Gesamtausgabe, Partitur, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 116921
for: Soprane solo (2), Tenöre solo (3), Baritone solo (2), Bass solo, Chor, Orchester
Gesamtausgabe, Partitur, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 880686
for: Voice, piano
Gesamtausgabe, Singpartitur, Sammelband, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 880090
for: Symphonic orchestra
Gesamtausgabe, Partitur, Sammelband, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 876444
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 284768
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 210051
Auswahl von acht Sätzen (meist TTBB, auch TTBBB und TTB) (Sammelband, Urtextausgabe) (Collection, Urtext)
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 327107
for: Voice (high/medium/low), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1357642
for: Flexible ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 473596
for: Voice (medium)
Score, 2 Single parts
Item no.: 1633679
for: Horn, piano
Score, 2 Single parts
Item no.: 1633656
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