Composer
Franz Schubert
1797–1828
7,293 works in the index
- Era
- Romantic
- Nationality
- Archduchy of Austria
- Born in
- Himmelpfortgrund
Schubert wrote over six hundred songs before dying at thirty-one, and it is the songs that dominate this catalogue. If you sing, this is the central repertoire; if you accompany, the piano parts are full partners rather than support, and considerably harder than they sound.
The song cycles — Die schöne Müllerin, Winterreise, Schwanengesang — are published complete and in high, medium and low keys. Buying the wrong transposition is the standard mistake here, because the cycles sit in a range that punishes guessing.
For pianists the Impromptus and Moments musicaux are the accessible way in, and the four-hand duets are among the best music written for two people at one instrument. The late sonatas are enormous and are not a place to start.
Catalogue
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Drang in die Ferne, Op.71
Four Impromptus for the pianoforte, Op.142 No.4, D935
Schwanengesang, D957, No. 07: Abschied
An die Nachtigall, Op.172, No. 3, D196
Amalia, Op.173, No.1, D195
Alinde, Op.81, No.1, D904
An die Musik, Op. 88, No. 4, D547
Am Grabe Anselmos, Op.6 No.3, D504
Das Echo, Op.130, D990c
Auf dem Wasser zu singen, Op. 72, D774
Die junge Nonne, Op.43, No.1, D828
Du bist die Ruh, Op. 59, No.3, D776
Wehmuth, Op. 22, No. 2, D772
An Emma, Op.58 No.2, D113
Dithyrambe, Op.60, No.2, D801
Winterreise, Op.89, No. 13 - Die Post, D911 - No. 13 from "Winterreise" Op.89
Winterreise, Op.89, No. 23 - Die Nebensonnen, D911 - No. 23 from "Winterreise" Op.89
Schwanengesang, D957, No. 11: Die Stadt
Normans Gesang, Op.52, No.5, D846
Piano Sonata No. 14, Op. 143, Movt. 2, Allegro vivace, D784
Wanderer-Fantasie in C Major, Op. 15
Winterreise, Op.89, No. 07 - Auf dem Flusse, D911 - No.7 from "Winterreise" Op.89
Schwanengesang, D957, No. 05: Aufenthalt
Sehnsucht II, Op.39, D636
Winterreise, Op.89, No. 04 - Benumbed, D911
Das Bild, Op.165 No.3, D155
Schwanengesang, D957, No. 14: Die Taubenpost
Cavatine, Aus der Oper: Alfonso und Estrella, Op.69
Der Kampf, Op.110, D594
Der Erscheinung, Op. 108, No. 3, D229
Winterreise, Op.89, No. 21 - Das Wirtshaus, D911 - No. 21 from "Winterreise" Op.89
Auf dem See, Op. 92, No. 2, D543
Die Forelle, Op. 32, D550
Winterreise, Op.89, No. 14 - Der greise Kopf, D911 - No. 14 from "Winterreise" Op.89
Winterreise, Op.89, No. 24 - Der Leiermann, D911 - No. 24 from "Winterreise" Op.89
Der Wanderer, Op.4 No.1, D489 & 493
Winterreise, Op.89, No. 05 - Der Lindenbaum, D911 - No. 5 from "Winterreise" Op.89
Winterreise, Op.89, No. 20 - Der Wegweiser, D911 - No. 20 from "Winterreise" Op.89
Erster Verlust, Op. 5, No. 4, D226, D586
Fischerweise, Op. 96, No. 4, D881
Schwanengesang, D957, No. 10: Das Fischermadchen
Der Hirt auf dem Felsen, Op.129, D965
Erlafsee, Op.8 No.3
Fischer, Op. 5, No. 3, D225
Winterreise, Op.89, No. 03 - Frozen Tears, D911
Geist der Liebe, Op. 118, No. 1, D233
Four Impromptus for the pianoforte, Op.142 No.3, D935
Die Liebe hat gelogen, Op.23 No.1, D751
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