“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.
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
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
Urtext Primo – A new concept for the beginner
Edition with German and English Commentary
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 622704
Ausgabe für Violoncello und Klavier
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 379175
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
Album
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 197071
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 172289
English version by P. Catty
Book (reprint)
Item no.: 140556
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Voice (high), piano
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 551957
Moments Musicaux 26
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 197987
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 377373
Famous Pieces for Piano
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1557136
MORTIMER, J.G., ARR.
LA TRUITE
for: Flute, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 593055
for: Tenor saxophone (B-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1306836
(Death and the Maiden)
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 217882
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401114
Based on the first prints
for: Voice (low), piano
Music score
Item no.: 359843
New Edition Opp. 37–80
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 382668
über das Lied "Trockne Blumen" (Die schöne Müllerin, D 795 Nr. 18)
Neuausgabe nach den Quellen (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Flute, piano
Piano reduction, Solo part(s)
Item no.: 429072
Der Musikalische Salon Vol. 84
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 627633
"Leise flehen meine Lieder"
Serenade - 'cello by Birtel Vol. 37
for: 4 cellos
Score, Parts
Item no.: 662984
Jesus Christus schwebt am Kreuze
Urtext Stuttgarter Schubert-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 681399
Urtext Stuttgarter Schubert-Ausgaben
for: 5 soloists (SATTB), mixed choir (SSATTBB), orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 237124
nach den ersten Drucken revidiert
for: Voice (medium), piano
Item no.: 382350
nach den ersten Drucken revidiert
for: Voice (low), piano
Vocal score
Item no.: 359644
op. post. 137
for: Violin, piano
Item no.: 401506
Ich schleiche bang und still herum
for: Voice (soprano), clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 294939
60 ausgewählte Lieder für den Unterricht
Ausgabe für tiefe Stimme
for: Voice (low), piano
Songbook
Item no.: 227088
60 ausgewählte Lieder für den Unterricht
Ausgabe für tiefe Stimme und Klavier
for: Voice (low), piano
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 170862
für das Pianoforte übertragen von Franz Liszt
zen-on piano library
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 658587
for: Piano
Item no.: 401118
Edited from the sources and provided with commentary and fingering
Wiener Urtext Edition
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 261159
Eulenburg Miniature Scores
for: 2 violins, viola, 2 cellos (quintet)
Study score
Item no.: 391302
Universal Querflöten Edition
for: Flute, piano
Item no.: 113433
for: Piano
Item no.: 401522
for Clarinet (B flat/C), Bassoon, Horn (F/C), 2 Violins, Viola, Violoncello, Double Bass
Henle Urtext Editions
for: Clarinet, horn, bassoon, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass
Set of parts
Item no.: 617096
"The Great"
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 175113
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 205803
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 796410
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 444375
"Leise flehen meine Lieder"
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 558228
aus "Die schöne Müllerin"
Introduktion und Variationen für Klavier und Flöte
Wiener Urtext Edition
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 143665
Wiener Urtext Edition
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 637905