“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.
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Stimmenset
for: Voice (medium), violin, viola, cello (string trio)
Set of parts
Item no.: 678048
BÄRENREITER URTEXT
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 196851
for: Youth symphony orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 677834
for: Brass ensemble
Item no.: 558301
Unterlegbares Notenblatt für die Akkordzither
for: Zither (5 chords)
Backing sheet
Item no.: 150769
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116941
"Tragic"
for: Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 737058
"Unvollendete"D 759
for: Piano
Item no.: 1586276
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 849951
für Violoncello und Gitarre
for: Cello, guitar
Performance scores
Item no.: 207198
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 489242
Ausgabe für Violoncello und Klavier [mit CD: Klavier-Begleitung zur Solostimme]
MusicPartner - Klassik zum Mitspielen
for: Cello, piano
Music score, CD
Item no.: 366584
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 205425
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 931486
for: Tenor (Sopran) und Klavier
Item no.: 492915
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 352292
for: Voice (high), 2 violins, viola, cello
Score, Parts
Item no.: 183314
for: Women's choir (SMezA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 204124
for: Voice (high), piano
Item no.: 356156
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 754415
for: 2 Trompeten, 3 Hörner und 2 Posaunen
Score, Parts
Item no.: 634790
for: Horn und Klavier
Score, solo part
Item no.: 1199551
for: Voice, piano
Item no.: 1582553
for: FL (ABFL/VL) KLAV (ORG)
Item no.: 226597
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 305047
for: Blechbläserquartett
Score, Parts
Item no.: 996431
for: Nonett (Flöte, Oboe, Klarinette in B, Fagott, Horn in F, Violine, Viola, Violoncello, Kontrabass)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1545846
Neuausgabe nach den Quellen (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
Piano reduction
Item no.: 347193
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 245701
for: Voice (high), piano [organ]
Piano score
Item no.: 292547
for: Voice (medium), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 962177
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 257891
for: Trombone
Music score
Item no.: 973422
for: Soli SATBarB, Gemischter Chor (SATB)
Score
Item no.: 1337671
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 146869
for: String orchestra [string quintet]
Score
Item no.: 338380
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 887146
for: Unison Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 898091
for: GCH (7-8)
Score
Item no.: 179169
for: Soli SSATTB, Gemischter Chor (SATB), Oboen (2), Klarinetten (2), Fagotte (2), Hörner (2), Trompeten (2), Posaunen (3), Pauke, Violinen (2), Viola, Cello, Kontrabass, Orgel
Score
Item no.: 1337201
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 237915
for: Piano
Score
Item no.: 253597
for: 4 voices (SATB) [mixed choir], piano
Score
Item no.: 298293
for: Symphonic orchestra
DVD-ROM
Item no.: 1204334
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 796710
for: Voice
Buch
Item no.: 1547460
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 316616
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1002110
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