“Anyone who loves music can never be completely unhappy.” Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
Come immerse yourself in the musical world of Schubert. Take a winter’s journey to the beautiful miller’s wife, listen to the wanderer’s fantasy, and serenade the Erlking! Browse our sheet music and scores, and discover more about Schubert today!
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.
plus Liedtexte
for: Viola, piano
2 Performance scores
Item no.: 477627
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1582648
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 586170
Urtext Edition without fingering
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401147
(Urtext)
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 401382
1-3, D 384, 385, 408
Urtext der Neuen Schubert-Ausgabe (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116944
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 117453
Schott Archive
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 781740
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 141819
Urtext Primo – A new concept for the beginner
Edition with German and English Commentary
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 622704
Opus 94, Nr. 3
for: Bläserquintett
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1169859
Famous Pieces for Piano
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1557136
Ausgabe für Violoncello und Klavier
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 379175
for: Alto flute, piano
Music score
Item no.: 736743
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score
Item no.: 723650
A text-critical edition “based on the sources” of this work which was first published by Breitkopf & Härtel in 1885
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 177713
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401512
Edited from the sources
Wiener Urtext Edition – New Edition
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 646068
Edition for Violoncello and Piano
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 331283
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Clarinet, horn, bassoon, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 196850
pour contrebasse et piano (original pour arpeggione et piano)
Collection Richard Dubugnon
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 664026
for: Mezzo-Soprano or Baritone and Piano
Book
Item no.: 169729
Album
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 197071
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Set of parts
Item no.: 401161
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 172289
Favorite Melodies by Franz Schubert
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 736353
op. 90/3
for: Flute, piano
Music score
Item no.: 759100
English version by P. Catty
Book (reprint)
Item no.: 140556
for voice and chamber orchestra
Hawkes Pocket Scores HPS 1562
for: Chamber orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 666900
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Voice (high), piano
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 551957
for: Harp
Item no.: 1204015
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 377373
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Item no.: 285282
Eulenburg Miniature Scores
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score
Item no.: 391401
Moments Musicaux 26
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 197987
Kezdők zongoramuzsikája – Schubert
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 197642
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1200868
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 359549
The Late Sonatas
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 745297
BÄRENREITER URTEXT
for: Piano 4 hands
Spielpartitur, Urtextausgabe, Sammelband
Item no.: 614777
for tenor voice and guitar
Transcription and fingerings by Tilman Hoppstock
for: Voice (tenor), guitar
Music score
Item no.: 456369
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 287013
Lied, D 259
for: Voice (low), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1861
(Death and the Maiden)
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 217882
for: Alto saxophone, piano
Buch
Item no.: 443917
Gesangsstimme eingerichtet für Viola
Originallage
for: Viola
Music score
Item no.: 445844
Das beliebte Volkslied – weltbekannt
for: Zither (6 chords)
Backing sheet
Item no.: 150840
for: Viola, piano
Music score
Item no.: 631880
© 2004–2024 by Stretta Music. Order and buy sheet music online.
Your specialist for all kinds of sheet music. Online shop, sheet music, music scores and play along for download, books, music stands, music stand lights, accessories.
Germany
Austria
Switzerland
Netherlands
Belgium
France
Luxembourg
Italy
Spain
Portugal
Denmark
Finland
Sweden
Poland
Czech Republic
Worldwide
