“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.
with the Appendix “Das Gebet des Herrn”
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 192493
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 113768
for: Low Brass
CD-ROM
Item no.: 1204350
Edited from the sources and provided with commentary and fingering
Wiener Urtext Edition
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 223831
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 182153
for: Violin
CD-ROM
Item no.: 1204398
for: Latin percussion
CD-ROM
Item no.: 1204357
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 764499
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 677805
Volume 3
Studien-Edition
for: Piano
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 291612
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 316867
for: Piano
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 182063
Military March
EMB Leggiero
for: Youth string orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 144372
for: Youth string orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 431707
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 839516
for: Fanfare
Score, Parts
Item no.: 957205
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 889115
for: Symphonic orchestra
Additional parts
Item no.: 663566
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 490747
for: Cello
Music book, 2 CDs
Item no.: 465406
Transcription for 10 wind instruments by Jean Francaix
for: Wind ensemble (10 instruments)
Score (facsimile)
Item no.: 353686
for: Violin, piano
Item no.: 355545
for: Voice (high), piano
Item no.: 356155
for: Piano
Single edition
Item no.: 356460
op. 67/15
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 741378
mit leichten Originalstücken und Bearbeitungen
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 747724
op. 96/3 / op. 4/1
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 733674
Schott Archive
for: Piano
Single edition
Item no.: 739933
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 779809
for: Piano
Single edition
Item no.: 1678310
for nine Instruments
for: Nonett (Flöte, Oboe, Klarinette in B, Fagott, Horn in F, Violine, Viola, Violoncello, Kontrabass)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 783987
op. 32
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1565993
(D 366/4)
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 756556
Edition Alfonso
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 749800
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Set of parts
Item no.: 269150
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 388832
for: Streichquartett, Streichquintett oder Streichorchester
Score
Item no.: 1665148
for: Fanfare
Score
Item no.: 1181514
for: Piano
Item no.: 401253
Edited from the First Edition
Wiener Urtext Edition
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 289202
for piano
Urtext
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401353
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 316380
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 921174
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 890194
for: String orchestra
Stimmensatz
Item no.: 210813
op. 121/1 and op. 51/2
for: Klavier, Marimbaphon und Schlagzeug (2 Spieler)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 736066
for: Flexible Woodwind Ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 995143
for: Piano
Music book, 2 CDs
Item no.: 612317
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