“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.
op. 11/2D. 724
for: Male choir, guitar
Ensemble score
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for: Flute, piano
Item no.: 285126
for: Piano
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for: 2 violins, viola, 2 cellos (quintet)
Book
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Klassik
for: 2 Flutes and Alto Flute
Score, Parts
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for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1185434
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
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for: Piano
CD
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for: Clarinet +Trumpet +Piano
Book
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for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1189070
for: Piano
Item no.: 311855
for: Voice, guitar
Buch
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for: Guitar Orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1113558
Franz Schubert. Neue Ausgabe sämtlicher Werke VI/4
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Gesamtausgabe, Partitur, Sammelband, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 459302
for: Clarinet, piano
Item no.: 471365
for: Concert Band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1014084
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 356652
for: Voice (high), piano
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for: Voice (high), piano
Music score, CD
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Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 6 soloists (SSATTB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 149625
(Urtext)
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 584016
The Walsh Collection
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1197000
Ausstellungskatalog der Wiener Stadt- und Landesbibliothek
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 105749
GIA Choral Series
for: SATB, soprano solo and Organ
Einzelstimme
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Hymne an die Jungfrau
for: Soprano and Wind Ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1198414
Choir part Bass 1
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aus: "Fierrabas"
for: Mixed choir, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 643735
for: Voice
Buch
Item no.: 834306
Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Music score
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Geistliche Musik
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
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for: Brass band
Score, Parts
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Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Music score
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for: Concert Band/Harmonie and Trumpet
Score
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Choir score
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Klassik
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
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for: Trombone Solo
Book
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Ausgabe für Frauenchor
for: Women's choir a cappella
Choir score
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for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Piano score
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Hymne à La Vierge - De La Dame Du Lac De Walter Scott
for: Voice, piano
Music score
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for: Piano
Music score
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for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
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for: Voice
Buch
Item no.: 1141395
Klavierbegleitung für gemischten Chor
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score (piano accompaniment)
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for: Concert band
Score
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for: Gitarrenduo
Book
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Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
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Choral
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1107877
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