“Anyone who loves music can never be completely unhappy.” Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
Come immerse yourself in the musical world of Schubert. Take a winter’s journey to the beautiful miller’s wife, listen to the wanderer’s fantasy, and serenade the Erlking! Browse our sheet music and scores, and discover more about Schubert today!
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: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 270966
Bass Posaune & Streicher
for: Bass trombone, string orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 591251
für Violine und Streichorchester
Partitur und Stimmen (solo-10-8-3--6-4-3)
for: Violin, string orchestra
Sheet music
Item no.: 596869
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
Item no.: 423744
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1882
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 552555
for: Violin, piano
Item no.: 609245
for: Voice (soprano), strings
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 207414
for: Singstimme, Orgel / Harmonium
Item no.: 138016
für vier Solostimmen (SATB), gemischten Chor (SATB), Orchester und Orgel
möglich!
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 238023
Blasorchester
for: Concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 588392
for: Accordion
Item no.: 252836
Tuba & Streicher
for: Tuba, string orchestra
Sheet music
Item no.: 596951
Oboe Solo
for: Oboe, string orchestra
Sheet music
Item no.: 596898
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
Item no.: 665186
Violoncello & Streicher
for: Cello solo, string orchestra
Sheet music
Item no.: 591266
zusammen mit Schubert, F.: Ave Maria, tief (D-Dur)
for: Voice (low), piano
Music score
Item no.: 283342
for: Melody instrument (B-flat), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 112509
A-flat major
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score
Item no.: 727544
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 730714
for: Cello, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 590147
for: Organ
Score
Item no.: 278812
für Klavier
Easy Piano 27
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1688091
for: Trumpet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 198938
Blasorchester
for: Voice, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 587994
Sax Attack
for: Alto saxophone, organ
Item no.: 132996
Posaune & Streicher
for: Trombone, string orchestra
Sheet music
Item no.: 596935
for: Trumpet, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 598461
Brass Band
for: Brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 595563
Brass Band
for: Brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 595393
Hos 164
for: Voice (low), piano
Music score
Item no.: 105987
Op.52/6
D.839
for: Violin, viola
Score, Parts
Item no.: 579589
für Altblockflöte und Klavier
for: Treble recorder, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 674734
for: Flute, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 590148
for: Electric organ
Item no.: 108556
3 Transcriptions for Guitar
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 750069
for three-part Choir and Piano
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 679771
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 257890
for: Mixed choir, piano
Piano score
Item no.: 287694
for: Trumpet (B-flat) [clarinet/tenor saxophone], organ
Score, part (pdf download)
Item no.: 1488
for: Cello, piano
Score, part
Item no.: 143358
Klassik
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 162416
for: Tuba, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 596411
Trompete & Streicher
for: Trumpet, string orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 591327