“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.
Hinshaw Secular
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 899424
for: Two-Part Treble Voices or Two-Part Mixed Voices, Keyboard
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 910915
for: Choir
Choir part Soprano
Item no.: 247302
Choir part Bass
Item no.: 247305
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317381
Choral
for: SSAATTBB
Choir score
Item no.: 905059
De Piano Paroles De M.Bouchor Adaptation De J.Ruault
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 851488
(Evening Violets)
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 815542
Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Score
Item no.: 851708
for: Voice (alto)
Item no.: 247303
Jon Washburn Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 904013
SATB
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 806861
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 902091
for: SSA , Keyboard [Organ or Piano]
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1094896
Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 806273
(from Mass No. 2)
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813657
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 870459
Henry Leck Creating Artistry
for: Women's choir (3 parts), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 801585
Henry Leck Creating Artistry
for: Women's choir (3 parts), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 801551
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 558713
Enoch Two-Part Songs
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 962079
Hinshaw Secular
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1058264
"Wie schön bist du"op. 17/4
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 280247
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 251299
"Es tanzen Mond und Sterne"op. 28
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir part Tenor 1
Item no.: 203470
"Ehre sei dem Hocherhab'nen"
for: Women's choir (SMezA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 204124
HCCS - Helbling Choral Concert Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 636570
Nach Franz Schuberts Thema aus der Symphonie D 759 "Die Unvollendete"
HCCS - Helbling Choral Concert Series
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 248082
Nach Franz Schuberts Thema aus der Symphonie D 759 "Die Unvollendete"
HCCS - Helbling Choral Concert Series
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 332369
"Gott ist mein Hirt"op. 132
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1545304
arranged for male chorus based on Schubert's Song "Die Forelle" D 550
HCCS – Helbling Choral Concert Series
for: Male choir (TTBB); piano ad lib.
Piano score
Item no.: 243243
"Es tanzen Mond und Sterne"op. 28
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir part Bass 2
Item no.: 203473
"Es tanzen Mond und Sterne"op. 28
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir part Bass 1
Item no.: 203472
nach Franz Schuberts Lied "Die Forelle" D 550
für gem Chor a cappella (Klavier ad lib), Partitur
for: Mixed choir; piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 326711
"Liebe rauscht der Silberbach"
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 280475
"Es tanzen Mond und Sterne"op. 28
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir part Tenor 2
Item no.: 203471
Nach Franz Schuberts Thema aus der Symphonie D 759 "Die Unvollendete"
HCCS - Helbling Choral Concert Series
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 123014
for: Zither (6 chords)
Backing sheet
Item no.: 150840
Unterlegbares Notenblatt für die Akkordzither
for: Zither (5 chords)
Backing sheet
Item no.: 150769
for: Zither (6 chords)
Backing sheet
Item no.: 151111
for: Zither (6 chords)
Backing sheet
Item no.: 150770
for: Zither (6 chords)
Backing sheet
Item no.: 151562
for: Zither (5 chords)
Backing sheet
Item no.: 151110
D 950
Urtext Stuttgarter Schubert-Ausgaben
for: 5 soloists (SATTB), mixed choir (SSATTBB), orchestra
Timpani (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237145
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1557707
A-Dur D 891
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 662603
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1558039
Choral
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1107877