“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.
Ständchen "Leise flehen meine Lieder"
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 784282
for: Voice, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1357642
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 316619
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 607134
for: Viola, piano
Score, 2 Single parts
Item no.: 1633422
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 168312
for: 4 GES (TTBB)
Choir score
Item no.: 326175
for: Organ
Stimme, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 203946
for: Flöte, Oboe, Klarinetten (2), Fagotte (2), Hörner (2)
Spielpartitur, Urtextausgabe, Sammelband
Item no.: 117796
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 664245
for: Voice (high), piano
Singpartitur, Sammelband, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 608249
for: Voice (low), piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 551959
Neue Ausgabe, op. 81 bis op. 108
zu Schuberts Lebzeiten erschienene Lieder in originaler Anordnung nach Opuszahlen (Sammelband, Urtextausgabe) (Collection, Urtext)
for: Voice (low), piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 248315
Neuausgabe nach den Quellen (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
Solo part(s)
Item no.: 431284
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: 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: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116961
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: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1566562
Vocal Score
Urtext of the New Schubert-Edition
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano [organ]
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 684972
for: Violin, viola, cello (string trio)
Item no.: 140984
The Early Sonatas
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1349794
Item no.: 1704038
for: Piano
3 music scores (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1615876
for: Piano 4 hands
Score
Item no.: 419917
op. 89/5 / op. 3/3
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 723627
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1357118
for: Trumpet, piano
Score, 2 Single parts
Item no.: 1633385
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 315262
(complete)
for: Violin, orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 429048
(complete)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 243012
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 191154
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 266230
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 342328
for: Piano 4 hands
Sheet music
Item no.: 2739
for: 3 clarinets [2 clarinets, bassoon]
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 395722
for: Soloist (alto/baritone), male choir (TTBB) [women's choir (SSAA)], piano
Piano score
Item no.: 351245
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 866060
for: Male choir, guitar
Score
Item no.: 638456
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 344460
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 354873