“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: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 350902
for: Tenor saxophone (B-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1306836
for: Violin, piano
Item no.: 401258
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401114
Gesangsstimme eingerichtet für Viola
Originallage
for: Viola
Music score
Item no.: 445844
Faksimile nach dem Autograph der Morgan Library & Museum, New York
for: Voice, piano
Music score (reprint, hardcover)
Item no.: 642913
Par M. Marechal
for: Cello or 2 Celli and Piano
Score
Item no.: 411462
"Der Tod und das Mädchen"
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score
Item no.: 391298
(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.: 401425
Lied, D. 774
for: Voice (high), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1774
for: Clarinet (B-flat), piano
Music score
Item no.: 1548927
for: Voice, guitar
Buch
Item no.: 1041357
for: Voice (tenor), 2 classical guitars
Music score
Item no.: 1011265
"Die Kleine"
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 391724
for: Cello, piano
Item no.: 292345
for: 2 violins, viola, 2 cellos (quintet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 461169
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
Based on the first prints
for: Voice (low), piano
Music score
Item no.: 359843
Ballade, D. 328 (op. 1)
for: Voice (high), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1369
für Klavier
teilweise ergänzt, mit Fingersätzen
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 661658
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
Woodwind Solo
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 318945
"Rosamunde"
Overture
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 480256
for: Voice (tenor), guitar
Item no.: 556100
a-MollD 821
for: Violoncello (Viola, Flöte) und Gitarre
Partitur
Item no.: 137131
for: Alto flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 134947
for: Voice, piano
Item no.: 335322
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
op. 90/4D 899
for: Piano
Item no.: 401354
for: Piano
Item no.: 401112
nach den ersten Drucken revidiert
for: Voice (low), piano
Vocal score
Item no.: 359644
nach den ersten Drucken revidiert
for: Voice (medium), piano
Item no.: 382350
bearbeitet
for: Voice (medium), 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 683850
op. post. 137
for: Violin, piano
Item no.: 401506
Lied, D 550 (op. 32)
for: Voice (mezzo-soprano), piano
Sheet music, audio files
Item no.: 1271
Ich schleiche bang und still herum
for: Voice (soprano), clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 294939
Ausgabe für Kontrabass u. Klavier
Edition Ludwig Streicher
for: Double bass, piano
Item no.: 158117
BÄRENREITER URTEXT
for: Violin, viola, cello, double bass, piano
Spielpartitur, Stimmensatz, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 116946
für das Pianoforte übertragen von Franz Liszt
zen-on piano library
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 658587
60 ausgewählte Lieder für den Unterricht
Ausgabe für tiefe Stimme
for: Voice (low), piano
Songbook
Item no.: 227088
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 656265
60 ausgewählte Lieder für den Unterricht
Ausgabe für tiefe Stimme und Klavier
for: Voice (low), piano
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 170862
nach dem Gedicht "Der Berghirt" von W. Müller
for: Sopran (Tenor), Klarinette (Violine, Flöte, Violoncello) und Klavier
Score, Parts
Item no.: 760344
Lied, D. 547 (op. 88, Nr. 4)
for: Voice (medium/high), piano
Sheet music, audio files
Item no.: 2169