Complete chamber music for strings

Franz Schubert

Dover Publications, 1973 - Music - 347 pages

This volume is reproduced directly from the famous Breitkopf & Härtel series published at Leipzig under the title Franz Schubert's Werke, Kritisch durchgesehene Gesammtausgabe. The music is edited by Eusebius Mandyczewski and Joseph Hellmesberger. Included are the Quintet in C Major (1828), the 15 quartets, and two trios for violin, viola, and violoncello.
Noteheads have been reproduced in a size large enough to be read easily while you play, and there is ample space between staves and in the margins for any notes, harmonic analyses, fingerings, or annotations that you may want to record on the score. The edition is practical for almost any use, whether as a study guide, a reference, or just a companion for your greater musical enjoyment.
Unabridged, unaltered republication of Series 4 (1890), Series 5 (1890), Series 6 (1890), and pages 93-105 of Series 21 (1897) of Franz Schubert's Werke, Kritisch durchgesehene Gesammtausgabe, originally published by Breitkopf & Härtel of Leipzig.

About the author

Franz Schubert was born in Vienna, Austria, the son of a schoolmaster who was also an amateur cellist. As a boy, he learned to play the piano, violin, and organ and sang in the church choir. Schubert had an uncommon talent for melody and soon began to compose his own music. By the age of 17, he had written his first symphony and many songs, including his first song masterpiece "Gretchen am Spinnrade" (1814). In 1814 Schubert began to teach, but he hated teaching and gave up his position in 1818. From this point on, he lived fairly precariously, earning a living primarily by giving private music lessons. At the same time, he composed furiously and constantly, sometimes writing as many as eight songs in a day. Although he sold many of his songs and piano pieces, he was always short of money and often relied on the generosity of his friends. His health began to decline after 1822 as a result of syphilis. Schubert's brief and difficult life is not reflected at all in his astounding outpouring of lieder cycles, symphonies, and chamber and church music. His work shows that he was a poet in music, conveying a wide range of emotions and meanings through his songs and other pieces. Among his best-known and most important works are the song cycles Die schone Mullerin (1823) and Die Winterreise (1826), and his Unfinished Symphony (Symphony No. 8) (1822).

Bibliographic information

• Title: Complete chamber music for strings; Complete Chamber Music for Strings: Quintet in C Mayor, the 15 Quartets and 2 Trios; Dover Chamber Music Scores Series; Dover music series; Dover orchestral scores; Dover study and playing editions
• Author: Franz Schubert
• Editors: Eusebius Mandyczewski, Joseph Hellmesberger
• Edition: reprint
• Publisher: Dover Publications, 1973
• Original from: The Ohio State University
• Digitized: Feb 25, 2016
• ISBN: 048621463X, 9780486214634
• Length: 347 pages
• Subjects: Music / Genres & Styles / Chamber; Music / Genres & Styles / Classical; Music / Musical Instruments / Strings; Music / Printed Music / Opera & Classical Scores; Music / Printed Music / Strings