“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.
Reprint
Repertoire Explorer
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 350568
Ausgabe A
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 168312
for: 4–5 cellos
Score, Parts
Item no.: 419441
D
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1047842
Eine Anleitung
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 607134
Klassik
for: Horn, piano
Score, part
Item no.: 470839
for: Brass ensemble
Music score
Item no.: 1657928
Intermediate to Advanced
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 972327
for: Viola
Item no.: 486351
A
for: Violin, piano
Instrumental Solo & Accompaniment
Item no.: 1665835
G
for: Bassoon, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1589565
Bb
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1044698
D
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1044361
D
for: Piano
Easy Piano
Item no.: 1044119
Clarinet Attack
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 691272
Op. 90 Nr. 3
for: Baritone saxophone, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1288074
Heft 2: Sonatine a-Moll
for: Flute, piano
Item no.: 150150
"The Trout"
for: Klavier, Violine, Viola, Violoncello und Kontrabass
Study score
Item no.: 753236
Harmonia-Men's Choir
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 923763
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Piano
3 music scores (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1615876
Vierhändig gesetzt von Franz Schubert, Johannes Brahms und Peter Heilbut
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 175991
Übe-CD (mp3) für Chorsänger
Ausgabe für Bass
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Playback-CD (mp3) (choir part bass)
Item no.: 1665449
Übe-CD (mp3) für Chorsänger
Ausgabe für Tenor
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Playback-CD (mp3) (choir part tenor)
Item no.: 1665448
Morgenlied & Abendlied der Fürstin
for: Voice (mezzo-soprano), guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1307043
From Bagatelles Opus 13
for: Violin, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1306753
Klarinette & Klavier
for: Clarinet, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 598249
Set bestehend aus 20 Chorpartituren und 14 Bläserstimmen
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for: Mixed choir (SATB), wind ensembles
Choir score, Parts
Item no.: 1668849
for: Zither (6 chords)
Backing sheet
Item no.: 150770
Fagott & Klavier
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 593058
Dm
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1612694
Singspiel in einem Akt
Opera Explorer
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 350990
C
for: Piano
Easy Piano
Item no.: 1046024
D 957 Nr. 4
for: Bass clarinet
Sheet music
Item no.: 1283224
for: Baritone saxophone, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1302753
for: Harmonium
Music score
Item no.: 1201946
Rosamunde
for: Bläserquintett
Set of parts
Item no.: 994143
Offertorium. Tenor-Arie mit Chor
D 963
for: Soloist (tenor), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 764614
D 105
Urtext Stuttgarter Schubert-Ausgaben
for: 6 soloists (SSATTB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Study score
Item no.: 580637
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 971919
(Urtext)
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 271314
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 5 woodwinds (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1570771
for: Chorus & String Quintet
Sheet music
Item no.: 1570769
for: Chorus & 5 Horns
Sheet music
Item no.: 1570764
for: 8 saxophones (octet)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1252546
for: Mixed choir (SATB), flexible ensemble (5 voices)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1599540
for: Chorus & Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, F Horn, Bassoon
Sheet music
Item no.: 1599531
for: Oboe, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1251502
for: Solo for Flute, Piccolo, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Trumpet, F Horn, Trombone, Euphonium, Violin, Viola or Violoncello & String Orchestra
Sheet music
Item no.: 1250348