“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.
D. 147
for: Tuba Trio
Score, Parts
Item no.: 829471
D. 56
for: Violin Trio
Score, Parts
Item no.: 829051
D. 53
for: Trombone Trio
Score, Parts
Item no.: 829047
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 829314
for: 3 Oboe's and English Horn
Score, Parts
Item no.: 830018
String Ensemble
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 829150
with a 2nd Benedictus D 961
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 762743
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1212045
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1211947
(Urtext)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 266299
(Urtext)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 266298
(Urtext)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 266297
for: Soprano or Tenor Voice and Piano
Book
Item no.: 169735
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 141377
op. posth. 114; D 667
for: für Violine,Viola,Violoncello,Kontrabass und Klavier
Taschenpartitur
Item no.: 395111
Breitkopf Urtext Edition
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 185374
A text-critical edition “based on the sources” of this work which was first published by Breitkopf & Härtel in 1885
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 223575
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1060557
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 901229
Woodwind ensemble
for: Flute, Oboe, Clarinet and Bassoon
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1348568
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1010743
for: Easy Piano
Item no.: 1360004
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 866229
for: Voice, piano
Score
Item no.: 854248
for: Violin, piano
Score
Item no.: 851723
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 427875
for: Choir 3 Vx Sans Acctrepert.Class.Vocal Choral
Choir score
Item no.: 820294
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 993287
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1204540
for: Männerchor (TTTTBB)
Choir score
Item no.: 428249
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1001573
"Liebe rauscht der Silberbach"
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 746870
for: Piano
Score
Item no.: 180411
for: Voice, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 218436
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) oder Frauenchor (S/SA) und Orgel oder Orchester oder Blasorchester
Bläserstimmensatz Trompete, Flügelhorn 1&2, 2x Tenorhorn, Horn 1&2, 2x Bariton/Posaune, 2x Basstuba, Pauke
Item no.: 784362
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 820863
for: Baritone Voice and Orchestra
Score
Item no.: 837069
for: Violin, piano
Item no.: 355544
for: Piano 4 hands
Single edition
Item no.: 356662
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) oder Frauenchor (S/SA) und Orgel oder Orchester oder Blasorchester
Set of parts
Item no.: 725813
for: Salon orchestra
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 311868
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) oder Frauenchor (S/SA) und Orgel oder Orchester oder Blasorchester
Set of parts
Item no.: 428758
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 922631
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 883501
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 922349
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 922624
for: Male choir
Score
Item no.: 307120