“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.
from “Schwanengesang” D 957
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1646586
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1615927
D 950
Arrangement for chamber orchestra
for: 5 soloists (SATTB), mixed choir (SSATTBB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1659430
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1582648
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1611220
Vereinfachte Klavierbegleitung
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1610643
transcription for piano by Franz Liszt
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1582133
Op. post. 147 - D 575
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1552160
The Early Sonatas
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1349794
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 1026954
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 796410
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 768349
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 768351
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 768347
'cello by Birtel, Band 40
for: 4 cellos
Score, Parts
Item no.: 745599
Winter Journey
for: Voice (high), guitar
Music score, single part
Item no.: 694789
Urtext
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 693415
Studien-Edition
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 693413
Edited from the sources
New edition
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 685700
BÄRENREITER URTEXT
for: Organ
Stimme, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 868834
Jesus Christus schwebt am Kreuze
Urtext Stuttgarter Schubert-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 681399
arranged for Medium Voice and String Trio
for: Voice (medium), violin, viola, cello (string trio)
Score
Item no.: 677686
für Altblockflöte und Klavier
for: Treble recorder, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 674734
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 674549
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 657859
für Bariton, gemischten Chor und Klavier
for: Soloist (baritone), mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 671937
Version for Arpeggione and Piano
Wiener Urtext Edition
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 666174
Arrangement for violin and piano by Anton Diabelli
Wiener Urtext Edition
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 666119
for: Voice, guitar
Buch
Item no.: 1008168
for: Viola, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 590146
op. 52/6D 839
for: Streichquartett, Kontrabass (ad libitum)
Score, part
Item no.: 561400
Serenade
for: Streichquartett, Kontrabass (ad libitum)
Partitur, Stimmen (5)
Item no.: 475271
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 203945
BÄRENREITER URTEXT
for: Orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 148561
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Spielpartitur, Stimmensatz, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 116948
BÄRENREITER URTEXT
for: 2 violins, 2 violas, cello
Stimmensatz, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 189087
Violinsonate
BÄRENREITER URTEXT
for: Violin, piano
Spielpartitur, Stimme, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 116943
BÄRENREITER URTEXT
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116959
5 Chöre, Einzelausgabe aus der Neuen Scheubert-Ausgabe
Chormusik des 19. Jahrhunderts
for: Choir, piano
Chorpartitur, Sammelband, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 212743
Quartett für Posaunen und/oder Tenorhorn (Euphonium)
Music Box
for: 4 trombones (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 885539
Signature Series (ABRSM)
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1163309
Score and Parts
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 316424
op. 137/1D 384
for: Violin, piano
Item no.: 356275
Dover Piano And Keyboard Editions
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 223283
op. 25D 795
for: hohe Singstimme (original) und Gitarre
Item no.: 393902
Second version with the variant of the Osanna in excelsis and the Cum Sancto Spiritu Fugue from the first version
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116963
Breitkopf Urtext Edition
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 185029
Moments Musicaux 26
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 197987
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