“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: Voice
Buch
Item no.: 1019538
Chorus set 20 Parts
for: Brass Band and Choir
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1089429
Klassik
for: Unison Choir
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1103569
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1109786
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1110429
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1202653
for: Solo Voice and Wind Ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1198265
for: Voice (alto)
Item no.: 247303
Buch
Item no.: 251774
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 117818
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 581981
for: Zither (5 chords)
Backing sheet
Item no.: 151110
Jesus Christus schwebt am Kreuze
Urtext Stuttgarter Schubert-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 685381
Jesus Christus schwebt am Kreuze
Urtext Stuttgarter Schubert-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 685380
D 106
Einzelstimme Vl. 2
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 238045
D 461
Chorpartitur
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 237977
D 460
Chorpartitur
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 237964
D 66
Stimmensatz
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 237890
Urtext Stuttgarter Schubert-Ausgaben
for: 5 soloists (SATTB), mixed choir (SSATTBB), orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237131
Urtext Stuttgarter Schubert-Ausgaben
for: 5 soloists (SATTB), mixed choir (SSATTBB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237129
D 452
Urtext Stuttgarter Schubert-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 237097
Offertorium. Tenor-Arie mit Chor
D 963
for: Soloist (tenor), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 228672
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 328294
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 372623
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 971997
for: 3 Oboe's and English Horn
Score, Parts
Item no.: 829001
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 303633
Offertorium
Schubert-Archiv
Stuttgarter Ausgaben
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 764612
Graduale in C
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 646587
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 271137
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 338381
for: Concert Band and Vocal Soloist
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1063410
for: Cello Duet
Book
Item no.: 144971
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1014731
for: 4 Posaunen
Score, Parts
Item no.: 829164
D. 38
for: Trombone Trio
Score, Parts
Item no.: 829888
D. 56
for: Oboe Trio
Score, Parts
Item no.: 829607
for: Viola
Music score
Item no.: 829527
D. 53
for: Bassoon Trio
Score, Parts
Item no.: 829327
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat)
Music score
Item no.: 829144
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 829444
Lied nach Chr. Chr. Hohlfeld
Erstausgabe
Die Autorschaft Schuberts ist nicht gesichert
for: Soloist (tenor), women's choir, horn (E-flat), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 695323
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 895846
Erstausgabe nach den Klosterneuburger Stimmen
Urtext Stuttgarter Schubert-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Single part Organ
Item no.: 237198
Erstausgabe nach den Klosterneuburger Stimmen
Urtext Stuttgarter Schubert-Ausgaben
bezeichnete Stimme
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 668511