List of compositions by Franz Schubert

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Many of Franz Schubert's works are covered in separate Wikipedia articles, for which there are links on this page.

A complete list of Schubert's works arranged by "D number" (see below), is available in the following two articles:

• Schubert compositions D number 1-504
• Schubert compositions D number 505-998

[edit] How Schubert's compositions are listed

The abbreviation "D" refers to "Deutsch", that is Otto Erich Deutsch, who created a catalogue of Schubert's works listed chronologically by composition date. This catalogue has been amended several times because historical research led to a new probable date of composition, leading to numbers followed by a letter: for example D 769a, formerly D 900.

The compositions of Schubert listed below are grouped generically, by type of composition. Not all thematic groups of Schubert works have a separate numbering that is generally accepted: for example the numbering of the piano sonatas proved particularly cumbersome, see below. Also for the symphonies the numbering from 1 to 10 is only "stable" insofar as no more new symphonies turn up. For most other groups of works there was no real attempt to number them, apart from the general numbering in the Deutsch catalogue.

Fewer than 100 of Schubert's compositions received an Opus number during Schubert's life: about half of the Opus numbers are posthumous, and give no indication at all regarding a chronological —or any other— order, except regarding the chronological order of publication. By the end of the 19th century no new opus numbers were added; for new publications the Deutsch number was used.

[edit] The numbering of Schubert's symphonies

Between 1813 and 1818 Schubert wrote six symphonies, now known as Nos. 1–6. In 1818 he drafted a four-movement symphony in E (now No. 7) in outline but only orchestrated the start of the first movement. In 1822 he composed and orchestrated two movements of a symphony in B minor (now No. 8, the Unfinished) and drafted part of a third movement; whether or not he had drafted a finale remains moot. In 1825–26 he completed a large symphony in C major (now No. 9, the Great). There are in addition numerous sketches and fragments for other symphonies, and in the 1970s it was realized that these included the nearly-complete draft of a three-movement Symphony in D from the summer and autumn of 1828. A performing version of this work was orchestrated by Brian Newbould as Symphony No. 10.

The first Schubert Symphony to be performed was the Great: this was designated by Schubert’s brother Ferdinand as "No. 7" as early as the 1830s. In the 1840s the thematic catalogue of Schubert's works prepared by Alois Fuchs accepted this numbering and also called the drafted E major symphony "No. 8". The two completed movements of the B minor symphony were not performed until 1865, and it was George Grove who decided that this symphony —the Unfinished— should be No. 8, with the E major dropping to No. 7 and the Great C major becoming No. 9. Though this has been the preferred numbering ever since, not least because it respects the chronological order of these works, the old numbering of the Great C major as No. 7 has been remarkably persistent and is still sometimes encountered. In addition to this the revised Deutsch catalogue edited by Walter Dürr and Arnold Fell has proposed that the E major Symphony should have no number, that the Unfinished should be called "No. 7" and the Great C major "No. 8".

[edit] Thematic list of Schubert's compositions

This list gives some better known examples of Schubert's 1000-odd compositions.

Schubert's autograph of the Octet in F (D 803), according to some scholars a possible version of his so-called 'Gastein symphony'

[edit] Symphonies

• Symphony No. 1 in D major, D 82
• Symphony No. 2 in B-flat major, D 125
• Symphony No. 3 in D major, D 200
• Symphony No. 4 in C minor, D 417 Tragic
• Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major, D 485
• Symphony No. 6 in C major, D 589 Little C major
• Symphony No. 7 in E major, D 729: Sketched in full score 1821, with part of the first movement fully orchestrated (performing versions by John Barnett, Felix Weingartner and Brian Newbould)
• Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D 759 Unfinished, sometimes counted as No. 7. Only the first two movements are completed, third movement was sketched, fourth was probably never written
• Symphony No. 9 in C major, D 944 Great C major, sometimes counted as No. 7 or No. 8 (see: Curse of the ninth)
• 10th (or "Last") Symphony in D major (elaborated by Brian Newbould from the symphonic sketch D 936a)
• In addition, there was long believed to have been a "Sketch for a Grand Symphony" made at Gastein in 1824. No score of this 'Gastein Symphony' appears to have survived, but it is often identified with the Sonata in C major for 2 pianos (Op. 140, D 812) and/or the Octet in F, D 803. Orchestrations of the Sonata, also known as the Grand Duo, were made by Joseph Joachim and others in an attempt to restore this "lost symphony" to the Schubert canon, but it is now known that the 'Grand Symphony' begun in 1824 is the same work as the "Great C major" (cf John Reed, Schubert, The Final Years (London, 1972)).

[edit] Music for chamber ensemble

• Sonatensatz, D 28, for piano trio
• Wind Octet in F Major, D 72
• String Quartet No. 11 in E, D 353
• Sonata for Violin and Piano in A, D574
• Trio for Strings in B-flat, D 581 (1817)
• Piano Quintet in A, The Trout Quintet, D 667 — see also Songs below.
• Quartettsatz (quartet movement) in C minor, D 703
• Variations On "Trockne Blumen" (from Die schöne Müllerin), piano and flute, Op. posth. 160, D 802
• Octet in F, D 803
• String Quartet No. 13 in A minor, D 804 (known as the Rosamunde Quartet)
• String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D 810 (using music from the song Death and the Maiden)
• Arpeggione Sonata, D 821 (for the arpeggione, a cello-like new instrument and piano, now generally played on cello)
• String Quartet No. 15 in G, Op. 161, D 887 (1826)
• Rondeau brilliant for piano and violin, Op. 70, D 895
• Notturno, D 897, for piano trio
• Piano Trio No. 1 in B-flat, D 898
• Piano Trio No. 2 in E-flat, D 929
• Fantasia for piano and violin in C, D 934
• String Quintet in C, D 956

[edit] Piano solo

Schubert's solo piano music includes twenty-one sonatas, (depending on classification system,) two sets of four impromptus each (D. 899 and D. 935), the six Moments Musicaux, and variations on themes by others, such as a variation on a theme by Anton Diabelli.

[edit] Piano, four hands

Manuscript page from Schubert's Fantasy in F minor D 940

Schubert was a prolific composer of music for piano, four hands. Some of the best known of these works are the Military March, the Grand Duo and the Fantasy in F minor D 940.

• Fantasy in G major, D 1
• Fantasy in G minor, D 9
• Fantasy in C minor, D 48
• Polonaise in D minor, Op. 75, D 599
• Polonaise in B-flat major, Op. 75, D 599
• Polonaise in E major, Op. 75, D 599
• Polonaise in F major, Op. 75, D 599
• Marche Héroique in B minor, Op. 27, D 602
• Marche Héroique in C major, Op. 27, D 602
• Marche Héroique in D major, Op. 27, D 602
• Rondo in D major, Op. posth. 138, D 608
• Grande Sonata in B-flat major, Op. 30, D 617
• German Dance with 2 Trios and 2 Ländler, D 618
• Variations on a French Song in E minor, Op. 10, D 624
• Overture in F major, Op. 34, D 675
• 3 Marches Militaires in D major, G major, E-flat major, Op. 51, D 733
• Sonata in C major ("Grand Duo"), Op. posth. 140, D 812
• Variations on an Original Theme in A-flat major, Op. 35, D 813
• 4 "Ländler" in E-flat major, A-flat major, C minor, C major, D 814
• Divertissement à la Hongroise in G minor, Op. 54, D 818
• 6 Grandes Marches et Trios in E-flat, G minor, B minor, D major, E-flat major, E major, Op. 40, D 819
• Divertissement on a French motif in B minor, Op. 84, No. 1, D 823
• Divertissement on a French motif in E minor, Op. 63, No. 1, D 823
• Divertissement on a French motif in E minor, Op. 84, No. 2, D 823
• 6 Polonaises in D minor, F major, B-flat major, D major, A major, E major, Op. 61, D 824
• Grand funeral March in C minor, Op. 55, D 859
• Grande Marche Héroique in A minor, Op. 66, D 885
• 2 Marches Caractéristiques in C major, Op. posth. 121, D 886
• Variations on a theme from the Opera "Marie" by Hérold in C major, Op. 82, D 908
• March (Children's March) in G major, D .928
• Fantasy in F minor, Op. 103, D 940
• Duo (Lebensstürme) in A minor, Op. posth. 144, D 947
• Rondo in A major, Op. 107, D 951
• Fugue in E minor, Op. posth. 152, D 952
• Allegro moderato in C major, D 968
• Andante in A minor, D 968
• Variations on an Original Theme in B-flat major, Op. posth. 82, No. 2, D 968 A

[edit] Lieder (songs) and song cycles

• Der Hirt auf dem Felsen, Op. 129, D 965
• Der Taucher, D 77/111
• Gretchen am Spinnrade. Op. 2, D 118
• Erlkönig, Op. 1, D 328 (text by Goethe)
• Einsamkeit, D 620
• Marienbild, D 623
• Litanei in E-flat major, D 343
• Schäfers Klagelied
• Die Forelle (The Trout), the theme of which was used in the Trout Quintet (see above)
• Death and the Maiden, D 531 — see also Death and the Maiden Quartet
• L'Addio
• Du bist die Ruh, D 776
• Die schöne Müllerin or the Müllerlieder (D 795), song-cycle, D 827 (text by Wilhelm Müller)
• Nacht und Träume
• Ave Maria, D 839 (original title: Ellens Gesang III), text based on an excerpt from Sir Walter Scott's The Lady of the Lake
• Ständchen, D 889 (setting of a German text based on Shakespeare's Hark! Hark! the Lark from Cymbeline, Act II, scene 3)
• An Silvia, D 891 (text based on Shakespeare's Who is Sylvia?)
• Winterreise song-cycle, D 911
• Song of Miriam
• Schwanengesang or Swansong, D 957, cycle of songs, some of which are on poems by Heinrich Heine
• Der Wanderer

[edit] Liturgical and sacred compositions

• Mass No. 1 in F major, D 105
• Mass No. 2 in G major, D 167
• Mass No. 3 in B-flat major, D 324
• Mass No. 4 in C major, D 452
• Mass No. 5 in A-flat major, D 678
• Mass No. 6 in E-flat major, D 950
• Deutsche Messe, D 872
• Kyrie in D minor, D 31
• Kyrie in B-flat major, D 45
• Kyrie in D minor, D 49
• Kyrie in F major, D 66
• Salve Regina in B-flat major, D 106
• Offertorium "Totus in corde", D 136
• Stabat Mater in G minor, D 175
• Offertorium "Tres sunt", D 181
• Graduale, D 184
• Offertorium "Salve regina", D 223
• Salve Regina in F major, D 379
• Stabat Mater in F major, D 383
• Salve Regina in B-flat major, D 386
• Tantum ergo in C major, D 461
• Tantum ergo in C major, D 460
• Magnificat, D 486
• Auguste Jam Coelestium, D 488
• Offertorium "Salve regina", D 676
• Sechs Antiphonen zu Palmsonntag, D 696
• Psalm 23, D 706
• Tantum ergo in C major, D 739
• Tantum ergo in D major, D 750
• Salve Regina in C major, D 811
• Mass No. 6 in E-flat major, D 950
• Tantum ergo in E-flat major, D 962
• Psalm 92, D 953
• Offertorium, D 963
• Hymnus an den heiligen Geist, D 964
• Der 92. Psalm (93, tôw l'hôdôs, commissioned by Salomon Sulzer), D 953

[edit] Oratorio

• Lazarus (Wien 1820, D 689, Stadttheater Essen 1928), August Hermann Niemeyer

[edit] Works for the stage

[edit] References

• McKay, Elizabeth Norman (1992), 'Schubert, Franz' in The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, ed. Stanley Sadie (London) ISBN 0-333-73432-7

[edit] External links

• Over 700 songtexts set by Schubert many of these with English translations
• Schubert music scores at the IMSLP
• Schubert music scores at the Mutopia project
• Schubert music scores at the Gutenberg Project
• Schubert music scores — a free sheetmusic library
• The complete Deutsch catalogue