“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: MCH (TTBBB)
Choir score
Item no.: 366748
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1678605
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 166397
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 988251
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 271057
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 764499
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 913420
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 245542
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 3854
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 388832
for: Violin, piano
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 661297
for: Piano
Solostimme
Item no.: 580560
for: Violin, piano
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 901204
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 768184
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 207951
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 359985
for: Männerchor und Gitarre
Ensemble score
Item no.: 475430
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 243006
Tragic Symphony
for: Symphonic orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 1161809
Complemented by the String Quartet in C major D 46D 72
for: 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 horns, 2 bassoons (winds octet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 151297
for: Piano
Item no.: 209700
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 460311
for: Piano
Item no.: 1545541
for: 2 Altos, Tenor and Baritone Saxophones
Buch
Item no.: 916813
with the Appendix “Das Gebet des Herrn”
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 192493
for: Flute, piano
Item no.: 130420
for: Flute, piano
Item no.: 132779
for: 4 flutes (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 130796
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Gesamtausgabe, Partitur, Urtextausgabe, Sammelband
Item no.: 872061
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 638437
"Rosamunde"
Overture
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 345198
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 187300
for: Piano 4 hands
Item no.: 359518
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Set of parts
Item no.: 269150
for: Flute [violin], guitar
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1585012
for: Piano
Item no.: 305412
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 308293
for: Viola, guitar
Item no.: 283236
for: Guitar
Item no.: 149527
Piano reduction
Item no.: 137596
for: Viola d'amore, piano
Item no.: 268829
for: Clarinet (a), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 268671
for: Voice (low), piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 620960
for: Flute, guitar
Music score
Item no.: 102684
Transcription for 10 wind instruments by Jean Francaix
for: Wind ensemble (10 instruments)
Score (facsimile)
Item no.: 353686
for: Cello
Music book, 2 CDs
Item no.: 465406
Edited from the First Edition
Wiener Urtext Edition
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 289202
Edited from the sources and provided with commentary and fingering
Wiener Urtext Edition
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 223831
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