“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: 4 saxophones (SATBar/AATBar)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 576969
Piano reduction
Item no.: 152172
for: Clarinet, string orchestra
Score, Parts
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for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Score
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for: Voice, guitar
Score
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for: Voice (medium), piano
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für Solo, Frauen- oder Jugendchor und Klavier
for: Soloist (soprano), women's choir (SSA), piano
Piano score
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Greift auf den Notentext der in Privatbesitz befindlichen autographen Partitur zurück, die lange Zeit als verschollen galt.
Harmony parts (complete winds)
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for: Tuba (B-flat), piano
Piano score, solo part
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for: Tuba (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
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for: Euphonium, piano
Sheet music
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for: Clarinet (B-flat), piano
Piano score, solo part
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for: Tuba, concert band
Score, Parts
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for: Vibraphone, string orchestra
Score, Parts
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(Ton Original)
for: Singstimme (S/T) und Klavier
Music score
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for: Piano
Music score
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for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
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for: Voice (medium), piano
Piano score
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for: Voice, piano
Single edition
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for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 270966
for: Salon orchestra
Additional parts
Item no.: 289719
for Women's Choir (SSA) and Piano
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 679779
for: Voice (soprano), orchestra
Score
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Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
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for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1882
for: Euphonium, strings
Sheet music
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for: Bass trombone, string orchestra
Score, Parts
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for: Violin, string orchestra
Sheet music
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for: Violin, piano
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for: Singstimme, Orgel / Harmonium
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for: Accordion
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for: Tuba, string orchestra
Sheet music
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for: Oboe, string orchestra
Sheet music
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for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score
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for: Cello solo, string orchestra
Sheet music
Item no.: 591266
for: Cello, piano
Sheet music
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for: Solo for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Trumpet, Horn, Trombone, Bass Trombone, Euphonium, Tuba, Eb Bass, Bb Bass, Violin, Viola or Violoncello & Concert Band
Sheet music
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for: Concert band
Sheet music
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for: Voice (soprano), strings
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 207414
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 730714
A-flat major
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score
Item no.: 727544
for: Melody instrument (B-flat), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 112509
for: Organ
Score
Item no.: 278812
for: Voice (low), piano
Music score
Item no.: 283342
for three-part Choir and Piano
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Score
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for: Trumpet, piano
Piano score, solo part
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