“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.
Philharmonia Taschenpartituren
for: 2 violins, viola, 2 cellos (quintet)
Study score
Item no.: 223668
BÄRENREITER URTEXT
for: Organ
Stimme, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 868834
BÄRENREITER URTEXT
for: 2. Violine
Stimme, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 868831
op. posth.D 928
for: Piano 4 hands
Music score
Item no.: 630204
op. 11/2D. 724
for: Male choir, guitar
Ensemble score
Item no.: 638592
for: Flute, piano
Item no.: 285126
for: Piano
Item no.: 284489
No. 2 E flat Major
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 735276
for: 2 violins, viola, 2 cellos (quintet)
Book
Item no.: 937845
Arranged for Violin (First Position) and Piano
for: Violin, piano
Score, part
Item no.: 1619884
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Book
Item no.: 164908
Eine natürliche Zauberoper (Singspiel) in 3 Akten. Teilband a: 1. Fassung/ Teilband b: 2. Fassung, Quellen und Lesarten, Notenbeispiele
2 Teilbände
Franz Schubert. Neue Ausgabe sämtlicher Werke II/1
for: Soprane solo (3), Tenöre solo (5), Bässe solo (5), Sprecher, Gemischter Chor (SATB), Flöten (2), Oboen (2), Klarinetten (2), Fagotte (2), Hörner (2), Trompeten (2), Posaunen (3), Pauke, Streicher
Gesamtausgabe, Partitur, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 877726
Festival Choral
for: Unison or 2-part Vocal
Choir score
Item no.: 808384
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1200864
Fassung mit Blasinstrumenten
Stimmenset
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra [organ]
Set of parts
Item no.: 372701
TV, Film, Musical und Show
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 257471
Classiques No.213
for: Violin, piano
Score
Item no.: 240764
for: Violin, piano
Item no.: 355537
for: Piano
Item no.: 284488
für Orchester
nach Schuberts Skizzen zu einer zehnten Sinfonie
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 312157
Per Contralto O Basso E Pianoforte
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 1635289
Vereinfachte Klavierbegleitung
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1610643
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Piano score, parts
Item no.: 1382959
D. 644
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 912864
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1185434
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 656589
for: Piano
CD
Item no.: 603082
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1385631
Klassik
for: 2 Flutes and Alto Flute
Score, Parts
Item no.: 974247
for: Clarinet +Trumpet +Piano
Book
Item no.: 1189933
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1189070
(Urtext)
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 584016
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 632506
for: Concert Band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1014084
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 356652
for: Voice (high), piano
Item no.: 356159
for: Voice, guitar
Buch
Item no.: 1008228
for: Guitar Orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1113558
Franz Schubert. Neue Ausgabe sämtlicher Werke VI/4
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Gesamtausgabe, Partitur, Sammelband, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 459302
op. 120
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 748974
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Spielpartitur, Stimmensatz, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 116948
D 366 / 1-16, D 814 / 1-4
Bearbeitung für Klavier zu 2 Händen
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 207189
for: Clarinet, piano
Item no.: 471365
Aus dem Trio/Cine-Italia-Film "Vergiß mein nicht".
Für Gesang und Klavier
for: Voice, piano
Single edition
Item no.: 158541
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 779806
Easiest Piano Pieces by Franz Schubert
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1548804
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score
Item no.: 391572
Lied, D. 911 (op. 89), Nr. 1
aus "Die Winterreise"
for: Voice (medium), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 2875