“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: Choral
Item no.: 1523882
for: Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1638088
for: Descant (soprano) recorder, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1246105
for: Treble recorder, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1246104
for: Baritone saxophone, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1246092
Lieder Mit Gitarre 1
for: Voice (high/medium), guitar
Item no.: 170838
Ecossaise/Wiener Aquarell-Walzer
Band 12
Wienerisch für Streichquartett
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 563361
with guitar accompaniment
for: Voice, guitar
Music score
Item no.: 314538
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1200866
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1200865
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1200856
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 490747
Klavierauszug
Klavierauszug
for: Mixed choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 444992
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 971979
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 971868
Pianino 18
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 781204
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1194569
D
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1027834
for: Viola (or Violin) and Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1383032
On 'Trockne Blumen' from 'Die Schöne Müllerin'
for Cello and Piano
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 685262
nach dem Original für Klavier
Klavierbegleitung für Solo- und Orchesterstimmung
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 764499
Lied nach Chr. Chr. Hohlfeld
Erstausgabe
Die Autorschaft Schuberts ist nicht gesichert
for: Soloist (tenor), women's choir, horn (E-flat), piano
Score, part
Item no.: 278321
for: Piano
Item no.: 284491
for: Piano
Item no.: 284487
for: Piano
Item no.: 284486
Arranged for Solo Piano
for: Piano
Solostimme
Item no.: 580560
for: Fanfare
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1187746
for: Concert Band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1187725
for: Piano
Single edition
Item no.: 356460
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1379629
for: 2 Altos, Tenor and Baritone Saxophones
Buch
Item no.: 916813
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 988251
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1384522
for: Flute [violin], guitar
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1585012
Sopran (Tenor) und Klavier
for: Voice (tenor/soprano), piano
Item no.: 1586328
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 308293
Volume 3
Studien-Edition
for: Piano
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 291612
aus der Symphony Nr. 5
for: Violin, piano
Item no.: 355545
for: Fanfare
Score
Item no.: 1179960
for: Fanfare
Score
Item no.: 1181514
for: Piano
Item no.: 401253
Christ ist erstanden!
D. 440
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 3854
for piano
Urtext
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401353
"Wohin soll ich mich wenden"
für 2stimmigen Volksgesang und Orgel
for: 2 voices, organ
Score
Item no.: 243196
for: Accordion [piano]
Music score
Item no.: 656659
Music Minus One
for: Cello
Music book, 2 CDs
Item no.: 465406
op. posth.
for: Mezzo-Sopran (Bariton) und Klavier
Item no.: 1586145
Tragic Symphony
for: Symphonic orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 1161809