“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.
Winter Journey
for: Voice (high), guitar
Music score, single part
Item no.: 694789
op. 21
for: Flute, viola, cello, guitar
Score, Parts
Item no.: 761274
25 Transcriptions for Cello and Piano 2
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 623136
(Urtext)
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score
Item no.: 196849
Nr. 2 Es-Durop. 90D 899
for: Piano
Item no.: 356055
for: für Singstimme und Gitarre
Item no.: 113885
Alle späteren Werkreihen und die kleineren Einzelstücke.
Band 2 (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 125018
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 674549
(Collection, Urtext)
for: Male choir
Music score
Item no.: 379193
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 555141
Auswahl. Nach Autografen und Erstdrucken (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 125057
Version for Viola
with marked and unmarked string parts
Free Download of Arpeggione part
for: Viola, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 174171
for: Piano
Item no.: 401113
he Quintet in C Major, the 15 Quartets, and Two Trios
for: String ensemble
Book
Item no.: 244348
Tanzzyklen, die zu Schuberts Lebzeiten oder bald nachher erschienen sind.
Band 1 (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 125017
"Arpeggione"
Arrangement
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 140235
Reprint der Originalausgabe
"Musik für Gitarre" von Karl Scheit
for: Flute [violin], guitar
Set of parts (reprint)
Item no.: 113889
Trout Quintet
Henle Urtext Editions
for: Violin, viola, cello, double bass, piano
Piano score, parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401446
Thirteen lieder on poems by Rellstab and Heine D 957 / "Die Taubenpost" D 965 A
for: Voice (low), piano
Music score
Item no.: 608250
Grüne Reihe Edition Peters
Neuausgabe nach den Quellen von Klaus Burmeister op. posth. 137
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 494137
Misc
for: Viola
CD-ROM
Item no.: 1204346
Klassik
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1103368
Rubank Solo-Ensemble Sheet
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1106873
for: Soloist (tenor), male choir (TTBB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 881803
Enoch Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 962265
von D 365 36 Originaltänze für Klavier
for: Violine (Flöte) und Gitarre
Ensemble score
Item no.: 475428
No. 45
for: Piano 4 hands
Music score
Item no.: 322966
for young male chorus (with cambiata voices) and piano (simplified)
Emerging Voices
for: Male choir, piano
Piano score
Item no.: 682683
including the unfinished works cloth boards
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1163209
Signature Series (ABRSM)
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1163196
for: Piano 4 hands
Music score, CD
Item no.: 498470
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 722263
D 920, F-Dur op. post. 135
Fassung für Männerchor
for: Soloist (alto/baritone), male choir (TTBB), piano
Score
Item no.: 214146
Vocal Collection
for: Voice (low), piano
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 486799
Death and the Maiden [from String Quartet No. 14]
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1208915
Kalmus Classic Edition
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 933150
Orch.
for: SATB divisi with STB Soli
Book
Item no.: 930603
D. 946
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 552521
„Lebenstürme“
Alfred Masterwork Edition
for: Piano 4 hands
Music score, CD
Item no.: 498469
Vocal Collection
for: Voice (low), piano
Buch
Item no.: 558661
op. 11/3D. 747
for: Male choir, guitar
Score
Item no.: 638442
Klassik
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1105410
Rubank Solo-Ensemble Sheet
for: Marimba
Book
Item no.: 1106928
Romantisches Schauspiel in vier Akten mit Musikbegleitung, Chören und Tänzen
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 660019
C
for: Voice (low), piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1478700
Klassik
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1103168
including the unfinished works
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 620868