“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.
Schott Archive
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 781740
for: Alto flute, piano
Music score
Item no.: 736743
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score
Item no.: 723650
Favorite Melodies by Franz Schubert
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 736353
op. 90/3
for: Flute, piano
Music score
Item no.: 759100
Lied, D 259
for: Voice (low), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1861
Lied, D. 774
for: Voice (high), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1774
for: Clarinet (B-flat), piano
Music score
Item no.: 1548927
Ballade, D. 328 (op. 1)
for: Voice (high), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1369
Lied, D 550 (op. 32)
for: Voice (mezzo-soprano), piano
Sheet music, audio files
Item no.: 1271
nach dem Gedicht "Der Berghirt" von W. Müller
for: Sopran (Tenor), Klarinette (Violine, Flöte, Violoncello) und Klavier
Score, Parts
Item no.: 760344
Lied, D. 547 (op. 88, Nr. 4)
for: Voice (medium/high), piano
Sheet music, audio files
Item no.: 2169
"Unfinished"
for: Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 758186
Eulenburg Miniature Scores
for: Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 749296
Kreisler masterpieces for violin
for: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 747174
Ständchen
for: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 750524
for: Voice (high), piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1025398
Lied, aus "Die Winterreise", D. 911
for: Voice (high), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1777
aus dem "Schwanengesang", D 957
for: Cello, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1640
Lied, D. 911 (op. 89), Nr. 1
aus "Die Winterreise"
for: Voice (low), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 2876
Lied, aus "Die Winterreise", D. 911
for: Voice (low), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1779
D. 600
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 5970
„Leise flehen meine Lieder“
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1209303
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score
Item no.: 731220
D 935 (op. posth. 142), Nr. 2
for: Piano
Sheet music, audio file
Item no.: 1632
op. 21
for: Flute, viola, cello, guitar
Score, Parts
Item no.: 761274
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 722263
C
for: Voice (low), piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1478700
for: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 722306
op. 90/3
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 722252
for: Cello, piano
Music score
Item no.: 722331
D
for: Voice (high), piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1543847
for: Flute, piano
Music score
Item no.: 722353
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Music score
Item no.: 1565921
von D 365 36 Originaltänze für Klavier
for: Violine (Flöte) und Gitarre
Ensemble score
Item no.: 761110
op. 90/3
for: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 732058
op. 90/3
for: Cello, piano
Music score
Item no.: 759081
D. 224 (op. 96, Nr. 3)
for: Voice (low), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 2718
Lied, D. 531
for: Voice (high), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 2126
for: Piano 4 hands
Music score
Item no.: 743849
op. posth. 152
for: Piano 4 hands
Music score
Item no.: 752995
"Bescheiden verborgen"
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 747056
op. 120
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 748974
op. 33/1
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 751055
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 779806
Leise flehen meine Lieder
for: Cello, piano
Music score
Item no.: 1548687
Sanctus - Musik für alle kirchlichen Gelegenheiten.
for: Trombone, organ
Score, 2 Single parts
Item no.: 1633660
aus Walter Scotts "Fräulein am See"
for: Violin, organ
Score, 2 Single parts
Item no.: 1633419