“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.
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 und Klavier
for: Voice (low), piano
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 170862
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
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
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Voice (baritone), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 673912
"Wandererfantasie"
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 620946
Romantische Oper in 3 Akten
BÄRENREITER URTEXT
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 290891
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 190462
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Piano score, parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 132295
(Death and the Maiden)
Studien-Edition
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 183774
Edited from the sources and provided with commentary and fingering
Wiener Urtext Edition
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 261159
for: Piano
Item no.: 401118
op. 53D 850
for: Piano
Item no.: 147687
"Unfinished"
for: Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 758186
Eulenburg Miniature Scores
for: 2 violins, viola, 2 cellos (quintet)
Study score
Item no.: 391302
Erstausgabe nach den Klosterneuburger Stimmen
Urtext Stuttgarter Schubert-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 484580
mit Beiheft (Umschrift der Skizzen und Kommentar)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 383414
for: Quartet
Book
Item no.: 164794
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 205424
Universal Querflöten Edition
for: Flute, piano
Item no.: 113433
D 593
for: Piano
Item no.: 401468
for Clarinet (B flat/C), Bassoon, Horn (F/C), 2 Violins, Viola, Violoncello, Double Bass
Henle Urtext Editions
for: Clarinet, horn, bassoon, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass
Set of parts
Item no.: 617096
Violinsonate
BÄRENREITER URTEXT
for: Violin, piano
Spielpartitur, Stimme, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 116943
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 133923
"Rosamunde", "Quartett-Satz" and fragment of the second movement
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 2 violins, viola, cello
Set of parts
Item no.: 116952
for: Piano
Item no.: 401522
Eulenburg Miniature Scores
for: Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 749296
Kreisler masterpieces for violin
for: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 747174
Ständchen
for: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 750524
pour violon et piano
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 893206
Forellenquintett
for: Violin, viola, cello, double bass, piano
Item no.: 287024
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 205803
for: Voice (high), piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1025398
Ausgabe D: für einstimmigen Volksgesang mit Orgel
for: Voice, organ
Item no.: 199982
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 154153
Mittlere Stimme (Sammelband, Urtextausgabe) (Collection, Urtext)
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 551958
"The Great"
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 175113
Nr. 3 B-Dur
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 356059
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 444375
Original Key for High Voice
for: Voice (high), clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 582857
"Grand Symphony in C major"
Urtext-Edition
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 292335
for: STR QUARTETT / PART ST 2 VL VA VC
Set of parts
Item no.: 359571
From the Breitkopf & Härtel Complete Works Edition
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 153911
Bearbeitung für Streichorchester
for: String orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 133704
Die Schöne Müllerin - Die Winterreise - Schwanengesang
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 185408