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

Works page 118 of 152

Symphony No. 5 in B-flat Major Movement 3

Military March No. 1 in D Major, Op. 51

Impromptu No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 90

Schwanengesang, D957, No. 02: Krieger's Ahnung

Symphony No. 5 in B-flat Major Movement 4

Symphony No. 5 in B-flat Major Movement 2

Valses Sentimentales, Op. 50

Violin Sonata, Op.137 No.1, D384 piano/violin score

Winterreise, Op.89, No. 10 - Rast, D911 - No. 10 from "Winterreise" Op.89

Violin Sonata, Op.137 No.2, D385 piano/violin score

Violin Sonata, Op.137 No.3, D408 piano/violin score

Schlaflied, Op.24, No.2, D527

Sonata No. 21 in B-flat Major, Op. Posth

Sehnsucht, Op. 105, No. 4, D879

Die Spinnerin, Op. 118, No. 6, D247

Suleika II, Op.31, D717

Der Schiffer, Op.2, No.2, D536

Schwanengesang, D957, No. 04: Standchen

Das Sehnen, Op.172 No.4, D231

Sehnsucht, Op.8, No.2, D516

An die Sonne, Op. 118, No. 5, D270

Sprache der Liebe, Op. 115, No. 3, D410

Tischlied, Op. 118, No. 3, D234

Wanders Nachtlied, Op.96 No.3, D768

Wanders Nachtlied, Op.4 No.3, D224

Winterreise, Op.89, No. 06 - Wasserflut, D911 - No. 6 from "Winterreise" Op.89

Wonne der Wehmuth, Op. 115, No. 2, D260

Zwerg, Op.22, No.1, D771

Piano Sonata No. 7 in E-flat major, Op. 122, D568

Piano Sonata No. 13 in A major, Op. 120, D664

Piano Sonata No. 9 in B major, Op. 147, D575

Piano Sonata No. 16 in A minor, Op. 42, D845

Piano Sonata No. 14 in A minor, Op. 143, D784

Symphony No. 8

Winterreise, Op.89, No. 22 - Courage, D911

Winterreise, Op.89, No. 13 - The Post, D911

Die Allmacht I, Op.79 No.2, D852

Schwanengesang, D957, No. 12: Am Meer

Schwanengesang, D957, No. 08: Der Atlas

Six Moments Musicaux, No. 3, Op. 94, D780

Winterreise, Op.89, No. 22 - Mut, D911 - No. 22 from "Winterreise" Op.89

Sonata No. 4 in A Minor, Op. posth. 164

Lied der Mignon III, Op.62, No.3, D877

Der Musensohn, Op. 92, No. 1, D764

Rastlose Liebe, Op.5, No.1, D138

An Schwager Kronos, Op.19, No.1, D369

Romanze zum Drama Rosamunde IIIb, Op.26, D797

Die Rose, Op.73, D745