“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: Alto saxophone, organ
Score, 2 Single parts
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for: Saxophone, piano
Score, 2 Single parts
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for: Cello, piano
Score, 2 Single parts
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for: Viola, piano
Score, 2 Single parts
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for: Tenor horn, piano
Score, 2 Single parts
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for: Trumpet, piano
Score, 2 Single parts
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for: Bassoon, organ
Score, 2 Single parts
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for: Saxophone, piano
Score, 2 Single parts
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for: Alto saxophone, organ
Score, 2 Single parts
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for: Clarinet, organ
Score, 2 Single parts
Item no.: 1633341
for: Voice (medium), piano
Sheet music
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for: Male choir (TTB) a cappella
Sheet music
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for: Piano
Sheet music
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for: Piano
Sheet music
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for: Piano
Piano score
Item no.: 1692120
for: Male choir (BBB) [3 solo voices]
Score
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for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1566562
for: Piano 4 hands
Sheet music
Item no.: 2739
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 125002
Erstausgabe nach den Klosterneuburger Stimmen
Urtext Stuttgarter Schubert-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 237186
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 607134
for: für Streichquartett
Taschenpartitur
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Neuausgabe nach den Quellen (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
Solo part(s)
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for: Piano
Music score
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for: Piano
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for: Male choir (TTB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 4085
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 664245
Vocal Score
Urtext of the New Schubert-Edition
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano [organ]
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
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for: Violin, piano
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for: Piano
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
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Book (Hardcover)
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for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Choir score (Urtext edition)
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for: Piano
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Piano reduction
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(Urtext)
for: Voice, orchestra
Score
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
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Entr'actes D 797 Nos. 1, 3a and 5 [from Op. 26]
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
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for: hohe Singstimme (original) und Gitarre
Item no.: 393902
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 356443
for: Piano
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for: Piano
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The Early Sonatas
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1349794
for: Piano 4 hands
Score
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Item no.: 1704038
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ [orchestra]
Choir score
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for: Women's choir a cappella
Choir score
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for: Piano
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