“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.
for: 4 flutes (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 443893
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 427841
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 188663
for: Cello
Item no.: 176426
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 427826
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 142495
Melodram in drei Akten
Opera Explorer
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 114834
for: Singstimme (A/ Bar), Frauenchor, Klavier
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 478186
Die Texte der mehrstimmigen Lieder gesammelt und kritisch herausgegeben von Werner Bodendorff
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 443006
Harmonia-Womens Choir
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 909728
for: Voice (soprano), strings
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 238063
D 962
Stimmensatz
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 238015
D 66
Chorpartitur
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 237889
Der Satz, vermutlich im September 1812 komponiert, stellt eine der frühesten Meßvertonungen Schuberts dar.
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 237873
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Trumpet 2
Item no.: 237196
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Trumpet 1
Item no.: 237195
D 105
Urtext Stuttgarter Schubert-Ausgaben
for: 6 soloists (SSATTB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Trombone 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237064
D 105
Urtext Stuttgarter Schubert-Ausgaben
for: 6 soloists (SSATTB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Horn 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237060
D 105
Urtext Stuttgarter Schubert-Ausgaben
for: 6 soloists (SSATTB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Clarinet 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237057
D 105
Urtext Stuttgarter Schubert-Ausgaben
for: 6 soloists (SSATTB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Clarinet 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237056
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
Single part bass
Item no.: 906716
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1109179
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 849514
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 768351
for: 2 Clarinets and Piano
Book
Item no.: 404548
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 342812
for: Viola, piano
Book
Item no.: 169724
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 165345
Hymne an die heilige Mutter Gottes
for: gemischten Chor (SATB) und Orgel
Item no.: 186677
Textausgabe
Reclams Textbücher
Lyric book
Item no.: 241323
BOVACO Vocal Solo
for: Voice, concert band
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1019306
Pavane Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1168722
Sinfonia Series
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 957232
Sinfonia Series
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 957111
LKM Music
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 872171
Second version with the variant of the Osanna in excelsis and the Cum Sancto Spiritu Fugue from the first version
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 695406
Second version with the variant of the Osanna in excelsis and the Cum Sancto Spiritu Fugue from the first version
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 695405
H
for: Symphonic orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 634556
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 342810
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Item no.: 361769
for: 3 Blockflöten (SSA) und Klavier
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1544791
Klassik
for: Mezzo- or Barytone Voice and Organ or Piano
Book
Item no.: 997175
Walton Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 985738
Klassik
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 987779
D 49
Stimmensatz
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 232262
Per Pianoforte
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 258272
Single part Viola
Item no.: 1557821
for: Trompete, 1 2
Single part
Item no.: 458417