“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: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
ChorSolo part(s)
Item no.: 644622
for: Trumpet (B-flat), piano
Music score
Item no.: 791825
Klassik
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1109840
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1132943
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1109762
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 915677
Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 922060
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1162923
Klassik
for: Flute, Viola and Violin
Score
Item no.: 1102439
Choir score
Item no.: 1176779
"Zögernd leise"
for: Frauenchor (SSAA) oder Männerchor (TTBB) mit Alt- oder Bariton-Solo und Klavier
Choir score (women voices)
Item no.: 748176
for: Oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon
Partitur, Stimmen
Item no.: 621269
Tanzmusik Aus Alt Wien
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Item no.: 186956
D 948
Stimmensatz
for: Soli (TTB), Männerchor (TTB), [2 Oboen, 2 Klarinetten, 2 Fagotte, 2 Hörner, 2 Trompeten, 3 Posaunen]
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 424244
for: Women's choir a cappella
Item no.: 555298
for: Voice (soprano), strings
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 238064
for: Voice (soprano), strings
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 238061
Urtext Stuttgarter Schubert-Ausgaben
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237919
Mark Foster
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1126542
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 168598
Erstausgabe nach den Klosterneuburger Stimmen
Urtext Stuttgarter Schubert-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Single part Kettledrums
Item no.: 237197
D 452
Urtext Stuttgarter Schubert-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Timpani (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237096
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1109824
nach dem Finale der Oper "Der vierjährige Posten", für MCh Orch (Klavier) Soli ad lib
for: Choir
Choir part Tenor 1
Item no.: 308430
Klassik
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1195308
Geistliche Musik
for: Medium Voice and Organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1115720
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1144648
Klassik
for: Woodwind Ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1121956
for: Women's choir (3 parts) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 645219
für Violine und Streicher (Streichorchester)
for: Violin, string orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 655196
BÄRENREITER URTEXT
for: Voice (low), piano
Singpartitur, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 1615926
for: Male choir, piano
Item no.: 377355
for: Violin, viola, cello (string trio)
Item no.: 492162
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 429038
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 347038
for: Symphonic orchestra
Item no.: 100012
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 607715
for: Male choir
Vocal score
Item no.: 606239
for: String orchestra
Stimmen-Set
Item no.: 608614
Klassik
for: Klarinettenensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 977448
for: GES-H (S) VL (FL) KLAV
Item no.: 122268
for: Male choir
Item no.: 555699
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 331937
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Item no.: 465196
Offertorium. Tenor-Arie mit Chor
D 963
for: Soloist (tenor), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 228675
Offertorium. Tenor-Arie mit Chor
D 963
for: Soloist (tenor), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 228674