“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.
for: Tenor saxophone, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1302755
for: Violin, orchestra
Sheet music
Item no.: 1251435
for: Voice, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1254109
for: Tuba (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1250172
for: Horn (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1250974
for: Trombone, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1250972
for: Euphonium, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1245067
for: Tuba (E-flat), guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1245065
for: Brass quintet
Sheet music
Item no.: 1247508
for: Flute, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1246116
for: Flute, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1246115
for: Clarinet, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1246112
for: Clarinet, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1246111
for: Baritone saxophone, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1246091
for: Fanfare
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1189769
for: Oboe, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1306841
for: Cello, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1306824
Piano, Timpani, Glockenspiel, Suspended Cymbal optional
for: 8 clarinets
Sheet music
Item no.: 1309225
Piano, Timpani, Percussion optional
for: 8 trombones
Sheet music
Item no.: 1313174
Clarinet & String Orchestra
for: Clarinet, string orchestra
Sheet music
Item no.: 1313067
Soprano, Clarinet Duet
for: Soprano, Clarinet & Orchestra
Sheet music
Item no.: 1313033
for: Clarinet, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1313001
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 858953
Muzika Ensemble Music
for: Flexible Instrumentation
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1658060
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 870459
Klassik
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 899167
D. 51
for: Trombone Trio
Score, Parts
Item no.: 829800
for: Bläserquartett
Score, Parts
Item no.: 829739
D. 56
for: Saxophone Trio
Score, Parts
Item no.: 829618
D. 57
for: Trombone Trio
Score, Parts
Item no.: 829236
for: 4 Posaunen
Score, Parts
Item no.: 829318
3 Trombones
for: Trombone Trio
Score, Parts
Item no.: 830085
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 996289
for: 3 Oboe's and English Horn
Score, Parts
Item no.: 830228
for: 3 Oboe's and English Horn
Score, Parts
Item no.: 829988
Klassik
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 988170
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 997138
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 949512
Die schöne Müllerin: Pause
for: Youth concert band
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 1596381
Marsch
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1007221
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1020117