“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: Piano
Single edition
Item no.: 356460
Schott Archive
for: Piano
Single edition
Item no.: 739933
for: Piano
Single edition
Item no.: 1678310
op. 32
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1565993
for: Streichquartett, Streichquintett oder Streichorchester
Score
Item no.: 1665148
for: String orchestra
Stimmensatz
Item no.: 210813
Piano reduction
Item no.: 137596
for: Viola d'amore, piano
Item no.: 268829
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 946914
Möseler Chorreihe
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 795673
op. 51/1
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 727239
for: Piano
Item no.: 1545541
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1552140
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 281773
for: 2 voices, organ
Score
Item no.: 243196
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 424372
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 308293
for: Soli STB, Gemischter Chor (SATB), [Trompeten (2), Pauke], Violinen (2), Viola, Cello, Kontrabass, Orgel
Score
Item no.: 1337193
Score
Item no.: 1336878
Score
Item no.: 1336851
op. posth.
for: Mezzo-Sopran (Bariton) und Klavier
Item no.: 1586145
for: Mixed choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 444992
for: STR HBL
Score
Item no.: 160067
for: Frauenchor (zwei- bis dreistimmig), Orgel
Score
Item no.: 156420
for: Fanfare
Score, Parts
Item no.: 957205
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 889115
for: Voice (high), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1638
for: 3 voices (medium)
Score
Item no.: 3810
for: Viola, piano
Score, 2 Single parts
Item no.: 1633675
for: Trumpet, organ
Score, 2 Single parts
Item no.: 1633653
for: Voice, organ
Score, 2 Single parts
Item no.: 1633427
for: Oboe, organ
Score, 2 Single parts
Item no.: 1633345
for: Violin
CD-ROM
Item no.: 1204398
for: Latin percussion
CD-ROM
Item no.: 1204357
for: Piano
Music book, 2 CDs
Item no.: 612317
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 796712
for: Low Brass
CD-ROM
Item no.: 1204350
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 182153
for: Klarinettenchor
Score, Parts
Item no.: 491050
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 805401
for: 4 flutes (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 130796
for: Piano
Item no.: 305412
for: Flexible woodwind ensemble (5 parts)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 995143
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 764499
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 839516
for: Mixed choir, piano
Item no.: 189083
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 685262
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Set of parts
Item no.: 269150
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