“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: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1612694
for: Mixed choir (SATB), flexible ensemble (5 voices)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1599540
for: Chorus & Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, F Horn, Bassoon
Sheet music
Item no.: 1599531
for: Male choir (TTB) a cappella
Sheet music
Item no.: 4869
for: Voice (medium), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 4667
for: Clarinet, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 598249
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 751053
op. 77/10
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 753488
"The Trout"
for: Klavier, Violine, Viola, Violoncello und Kontrabass
Study score
Item no.: 753236
for: Piano
Easy Piano
Item no.: 1044119
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1044698
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1044361
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1047842
for: Male choir (BBB) [3 solo voices]
Score
Item no.: 3385
for: Keyboard
Sheet music
Item no.: 1146
for: Piano
Easy Piano
Item no.: 1046024
for: Tenor recorder, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1246101
for: Horn (F), organ [piano]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1246088
for: Oboe, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1251502
for: 8 saxophones (octet)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1252546
for: Trombone, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1245081
for: Horn (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1250178
for: Euphonium, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1250174
for: Solo for Flute, Piccolo, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Trumpet, F Horn, Trombone, Euphonium, Violin, Viola or Violoncello & String Orchestra
Sheet music
Item no.: 1250348
for: 3 Blockflöten (SAT) und Klavier
Ensemble score
Item no.: 354750
for: hohe Singstimme (original) und Gitarre
Item no.: 393902
for: Piano 4 hands
Sheet music
Item no.: 2739
for: Cello, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1640066
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116961
for: Ensemble (Holz)
Item no.: 1683411
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 607134
for: Piano
Item no.: 112803
(complete)
for: Violin, orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 429048
for: Male choir (TTB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 4085
für (mittlere/hohe) Singstimme, Klarinette und Klavier
Urtext (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Voice (soprano), clarinet, piano
Score, part
Item no.: 116956
op. 51/1
for: Piano 4 hands
Music score
Item no.: 734041
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 635375
for: Piano 4 hands
Score
Item no.: 419917
for: Piano
Item no.: 379442
for: Voice, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1357642
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1357118
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1357400
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 760986
for: SATB divisi with SATB Soli
Book
Item no.: 930397
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 356443
for: Voice (high), piano
Item no.: 356164
for: Piano
Item no.: 356061
for: Piano
Item no.: 356052