“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.
for: GES-H (S) VL (FL) KLAV
Item no.: 122268
for: Male choir
Item no.: 555699
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 331937
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Item no.: 465196
Offertorium. Tenor-Arie mit Chor
D 963
for: Soloist (tenor), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 228675
Offertorium. Tenor-Arie mit Chor
D 963
for: Soloist (tenor), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 228674
Muzika Ensemble Music
for: Flexible Instrumentation
Score, Parts
Item no.: 337202
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 427837
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 857875
für 3 Männerstimmen u. Gitarre
zur Namensfeier des Vaters
for: 3 GES (TTB) GIT
Score, Parts
Item no.: 394500
Klassik
for: Clarinet or Trumpet and Piano
Book
Item no.: 972179
Bearbeitung für Chor
Groß ist Jehova
for: Frauenchor: SSA, Klavier ad libitum
Choir score
Item no.: 879000
Offertorium in C
for: S (T), Clt (Vl) conc, 2 Fl, 2 Cor, 2 Vl, Vc/Cb
Set of parts
Item no.: 645532
aus dem Singspiel "Der häusliche Krieg"
for: Male choir, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 307917
(Urtext)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 290082
for: 4 Horns
Score, Parts
Item no.: 995841
for: Flötentrio
Score, Parts
Item no.: 830387
for: Vocal, Clarinet and String Quintet
Buch
Item no.: 833663
Oboe and Piano
for: Oboe, piano
Book
Item no.: 1031891
aus "Die Bürgschaft"
for: Male choir
Ensemble score
Item no.: 307123
C-Dur, D2 916B / c-Moll, D2 916 C
for: Piano
Item no.: 282735
Entr'actes D 797 Nos. 1, 3a and 5 [from Op. 26]
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 367215
"Rosamunde"
Overture
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 345195
for: 5 brass winds
Score, Parts
Item no.: 293313
for: Flute, piano
Item no.: 1617330
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1621057
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1200861
TV, Film, Musical und Show
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1007027
Brass Quartet
for: Blechbläserquartett
Score, Parts
Item no.: 830013
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1005705
A-Dur D 891
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 662603
Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Score
Item no.: 851708
Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Score
Item no.: 854281
Messe
for: Voice, piano
Score
Item no.: 854085
for: Piano
Score
Item no.: 851725
Potpourri
for: Salon orchestra
Piano part for conductor, Parts
Item no.: 282806
BOVACO Vocal Solo
for: Voice, concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1023195
Faksimile-Ausgabe (Facsimile)
for: Voice, piano
Item no.: 205573
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 6 soloists (SSATTB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 171926
für gem. Chor, Klavier
for: Mixed choir, piano
Piano score
Item no.: 217925
Klassik
for: Wind Ensemble and Timpani
Score, Parts
Item no.: 993045
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 830015
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 338382
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 342813
D 678
Zweite Fassung mit der Fuge "Cum Sancto Spiritu" aus der ersten Fassung und einer Variante des "Osanna"
Urtext Stuttgarter Schubert-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237105