“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
Music score
Item no.: 1017953
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 356048
for: Women's choir, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 645464
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 472547
for: Cello, piano
Single part Cello
Item no.: 445845
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 472548
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 472549
for: Violin, viola, cello (string trio)
3 single parts
Item no.: 287020
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 342808
for: Piano
Score
Item no.: 854189
for: 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass (string quintet)
Single part Double bass
Item no.: 682648
The Walsh Collection
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1197000
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 105749
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 967783
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1105571
Lieder In Englisch 3
for: Voice (tenor), piano
Item no.: 364851
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 836757
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Set of parts
Item no.: 1187616
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1103548
Klassik
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 971570
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1197063
Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Book
Item no.: 1103486
for: Voice
Book
Item no.: 967763
Klassik
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Piano reduction
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Klassik
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
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for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score
Item no.: 967762
for: Voice, piano
Music score
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No. 43
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 302159
BOVACO Vocal Solo
for: Voice, concert band
Conductors part (Piano)
Item no.: 1024067
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1109303
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Set of parts
Item no.: 1189923
Music for Brass
for: Trumpet
Music score
Item no.: 971656
Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Book
Item no.: 964709
Klassik
for: Violin, piano
Book
Item no.: 982867
Op. 142 Nos. 2 & 3
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1197048
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 967527
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 781339
aus: "Fierrabas"
for: Mixed choir, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 643735
for: Voice
Buch
Item no.: 834306
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1145108
Klassik
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1085566
for: Trombone Solo
Book
Item no.: 1144969
Ausgabe für Frauenchor
for: Women's choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 636180
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 1645276
for: Voice
Buch
Item no.: 1141395
Klavierbegleitung für gemischten Chor
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score (piano accompaniment)
Item no.: 499023
for: Gitarrenduo
Book
Item no.: 1117888