“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.
aus: Messe in F (2. Fassung)
for: 6 soloists (SSATTB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237070
D 488
Einzelstimme Vl. 1
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 238067
D 27
Einzelstimme Vc. (Kb.)
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 238041
D 962
Einzelstimme Vc.
for: Cello
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 238019
Offertorium
Schubert-Archiv
Stuttgarter Ausgaben
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237938
Graduale in C
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237903
Erstausgabe nach den Klosterneuburger Stimmen
Urtext Stuttgarter Schubert-Ausgaben
bezeichnete Stimme
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 668510
GEISTLICHE ARIEN 1 Einzelstimme Kontrabass
for: Double bass
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 638220
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 367690
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 458418
for: Symphonic orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 336821
D 488
Einzelstimme Vl. 2
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 238068
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 238050
D 27
Einzelstimme Va.
for: Viola
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 238040
D 750
Einzelstimme Vc. (Kb.)
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 238010
Graduale in C
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237902
D 66
Einzelstimme Org.
for: Organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 237895
Der Satz, vermutlich im September 1812 komponiert, stellt eine der frühesten Meßvertonungen Schuberts dar.
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237877
D 950
Urtext Stuttgarter Schubert-Ausgaben
for: 5 soloists (SATTB), mixed choir (SSATTBB), orchestra
Trombone 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237143
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 817410
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 817406
D 49
Einzelstimme Va.
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Single part Viola
Item no.: 232265
Heft 8: Werke von Haydn, Mendelssohn, Schubert, Spohr
for: Youth string orchestra, piano
Violin 3 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 373069
D 952, Op. posth. 152 Einrichtung für Org. zu zwei Händen und Pedal von Hans Haselböck
for: Organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 305673
op. 77
for: String orchestra
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 783748
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 243007
for: Organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 167272
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 189093
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 367695
D 962
Einzelstimme Vl. 2
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 238017
D 460
Einzelstimme Org.
for: Organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 237974
Single part Kettledrums
Item no.: 237973
D 460
Einzelstimme Vl. 2
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237967
D 460
Einzelstimme Vl. 1
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237966
Offertorium in C
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237955
Der Satz, vermutlich im September 1812 komponiert, stellt eine der frühesten Meßvertonungen Schuberts dar.
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237875
Heft 8: Werke von Haydn, Mendelssohn, Schubert, Spohr
for: Youth string orchestra, piano
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 215415
with Coda and 7 Trios
for: Streichquartett, Streichquintett und Streichorchester
Single part Viola
Item no.: 783693
with Coda and 7 Trios
for: Streichquartett, Streichquintett oder Streichorchester
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 783695
for: 3 recorders (SSA), piano
Single part descant recorder 1
Item no.: 784916
for: 3 recorders (SSA), piano
Treble recorder (single part)
Item no.: 784918
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 3, 4
Item no.: 126828
Single part Bass instrument 1
Item no.: 331455
Single part Viola
Item no.: 189095
D 962
Einzelstimme Kb.
for: Double bass
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 238020
D 962
Einzelstimme Vl. 1
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 238016
D 750
Einzelstimme Vl. 1
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 238007
D 730
Einzelstimme Vl. 2
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237992
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