“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.
Bm
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1554384
F
for: Voice (low), piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1665650
C
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1553222
G
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1050172
Dm
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1050031
Harfe 1
for: STREICH- UND ZUPFINSTRUMENTE HARFE DREI HARFEN
Item no.: 1616749
Welche Lust, zu danken
for: Soli SATBarB, Gemischter Chor (SATB)
Score
Item no.: 1337671
for: Soli SSATTB, Gemischter Chor (SATB), Oboen (2), Klarinetten (2), Fagotte (2), Hörner (2), Trompeten (2), Posaunen (3), Pauke, Violinen (2), Viola, Cello, Kontrabass, Orgel
Score
Item no.: 1337201
for: Voice (low), piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1025429
for: Voice (high), piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1025420
for: Voice (medium), piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1025407
bearbeitet für mittlere Stimme und Streichtrio
Stimmenset
for: Voice (medium), violin, viola, cello (string trio)
Set of parts
Item no.: 678048
from Sonatina in G minor No. 3 op. 137 for violin and piano
RUNDEL La Musica dei Maestri
for: 4 woodwinds (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1560212
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1557701
Jesus Christus schwebt am Kreuze
Urtext Stuttgarter Schubert-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 685376
Erstausgabe nach den Klosterneuburger Stimmen
Urtext Stuttgarter Schubert-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 237189
D 452
Urtext Stuttgarter Schubert-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 237087
Urtext Stuttgarter Schubert-Ausgaben
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 237915
D 942 (1828)
for: Solo voice, mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 369263
D 815
Partitur
for: 4 voices (SATB) [mixed choir], piano
Score
Item no.: 298293
Offertorium. Tenor-Arie mit Chor
D 963
Stuttgarter Schubert-Ausgaben
for: Soloist (tenor), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 143954
CD Chorstimme Alt
for: Choir
Playback-CD (Chorstimme Alt)
Item no.: 637945
Eulenburg Miniature Scores
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Study score
Item no.: 756638
Db
for: Piano, Tenor Horn
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1589264
for: GCH (7-8)
Score
Item no.: 179169
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Item no.: 120943
Klassik
for: Voice
Buch
Item no.: 1547460
Ellens Gesang/ Hymne an die Jungfrau, Op. 52 Nr. 6
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 796710
Klassik
for: Bb Saxophone
Book
Item no.: 240325
Postcard
Item no.: 485222
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 190240
for: Voice (high), piano
Item no.: 188792
für hohe Singstimme und Klavier
[CD: Klavier-Begleitung zum Sologesang - hoch/Originaltonarten]
MusicPartner - Klassik zum Mitspielen
CD
Item no.: 208643
for: Clarinet (a), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 373048
"The Unfinished"
for: Youth symphony orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 677834
Entre-Act en Balletmuziek
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1185341
Frankfurter Blockfloetenhefte 15
for: 2 descant recorders
Item no.: 394259
Soprano & Violoin Duet
for: Soprano, Violin & Orchestra
Sheet music
Item no.: 1311299
for: Cello, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1301732
for: Mixed choir (SATB), flexible ensemble (5 voices)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1570772
for: Clarinet, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1302773
for: Descant (soprano) recorder, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1302766
Trompete & Klavier
for: Trumpet [cornet], piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 599285
for: Voice (bass), guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1307039
From Bagatelles Opus 13
for: Violin, string orchestra
Sheet music
Item no.: 1306991
for: Flute, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1306842
for: Solo for Flute, Piccolo, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Trumpet, F Horn, Trombone, Euphonium, Violin, Viola or Violoncello & Orchestra
Sheet music
Item no.: 1308092