“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.
Klassik
for: Soprano or Tenor Voice and Piano
Book
Item no.: 169728
for: Mezzo-Soprano or Baritone and Piano
Book
Item no.: 169726
(Urtext)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 290084
"Es tanzen Mond und Sterne"op. 28
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir part Tenor 1
Item no.: 203470
"Rosamunde"
Overture
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 345194
für 4-stimmigen gemischten Chor, Bläser, Pauken, Orgel und Kontrabass ad lib.
mit Anhang: Das Gebet des Herrn
for: Double bass
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 312274
for: Concert band
Item no.: 304433
nach dem Finale der Oper "Der vierjährige Posten", für gem Chor Orch (Klavier) Soli ad lib
for: Mixed choir, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 307826
for: Mixed choir, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 348442
Tragic Symphony
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1161808
for: gemischter Chor zweistimmig
Item no.: 861563
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 6 soloists (SSATTB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 769838
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 634554
BÄRENREITER URTEXT
for: Cello, Kontrabass
Stimme, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 879357
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
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 695404
with a 2nd Benedictus D 961
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 552454
1st Movement
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1647283
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1620483
for: Violin, guitar
Book
Item no.: 485546
Erstausgabe nach den Klosterneuburger Stimmen
Urtext Stuttgarter Schubert-Ausgaben
unbezeichnete Stimme
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237193
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) oder Frauenchor (S/SA) und Orgel oder Orchester oder Blasorchester
Choir score
Item no.: 734133
for: Cello, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1640066
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1109755
for: Mixed Choir [SATB], String Orchestra and Organ
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1091691
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1109758
for: Violin, piano
Score
Item no.: 821777
for: Concert Band and Vocal Soloist
Score
Item no.: 1062500
for: Fanfare
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1133487
Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 892620
Choir score
Item no.: 1176691
Harmonia-Men's Choir
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 916946
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 915618
for: 2 Clarinets and Piano
Buch
Item no.: 1141443
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1171342
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
Single part Clarinet
Item no.: 926028
Klassik
for: Bass Voice and Piano
Book
Item no.: 1111721
for: 4 clarinets
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1132510
Harmonia-Womens Choir
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 910233
Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 876178
Harmonia-Womens Choir
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 910567
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1132494
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Voice (tenor)
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 910528
Ich rühme mir mein Dörfchen hier
for: Male choir, guitar
Guitar (single part)
Item no.: 761168
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 866783
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1200862
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 486349
(complete)
for: Violin, orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 429048