List of compositions by Franz Schubert

This is a partial list of compositions by Franz Schubert, organised by their genre. A complete list of Schubert's works arranged by "D number" (see below), is available in the following two articles:

• Schubert compositions D number 1-500
• Schubert compositions D number 501-998

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.

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".

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

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)
• Symphony No. 10 in D major (elaborated by Brian Newbould from the symphonic sketch D 936a) Last
• In addition, there was long believed to have been a "Sketch for a Grand Symphony" made at Bad 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 piano four-hands (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)).
• Also, there are other incomplete sketches, D 2b (formerly D 997), D 615 and D 708a, all in the key of D major.

Music for chamber ensemble

• Sonatensatz, D. 28, for piano trio
• Wind Octet in F Major, D. 72
• Quartet for flute, viola, guitar and cello, D. 96
• String Quartet No. 11 in E, D. 353
• Sonata for Violin and Piano in A, D. 574
• 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 played on cello or viola)
• 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

Piano solo

Main article: List of solo piano compositions by Franz Schubert

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.

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 first of the three Marches militaires, the Grand Duo and the Fantasia in F minor, D 940.

• Fantasy in G major, D 1
• Fantasy in G minor, D 9
• Fantasy in C minor, D 48
• 4 Polonaises in D minor, B-flat major, E major, F major, Op. 75, D 599
• 3 Marches Héroiques in B minor, C major, 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
• Three 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 French motifs in E minor, Op. 63, D 823
• Divertissement on French motifs in B minor, Op. 84, No. 1, D 823
• Divertissement on French motifs 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
• Fantasia 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

Songs

Main article: List of songs by Franz Schubert

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 minor, 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

Oratorio

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

Works for the stage

Deutsch	Title	Genre	Subdivisions	Libretto	Composition	Première date	Place, theatre
11	SpiegelritterDer Spiegelritter	Singspiel	3 acts (but only overture and part of act 1 finished)	KotzebueAugust von Kotzebue	1811	1946-12-1111 December 1946	Radio Beromünster
84	TeufelsDes Teufels Lustschloß	natürliche Zauberoper	3 acts	Kotzebueafter Joseph-Marie Loaisel de Tréogate by August von Kotzebue	1813/14	19781978	Potsdam, Hans Otto Theater
190	vierjährigeDer vierjährige Posten	Singspiel	1 act	KörnerCarl Theodor Körner	1815	18961896	Dresden, Hofoper
220	Fernando	Singspiel	1 act	StadlerAlbert Stadler	1815	1907-04-1313 April 1907
239	Claudine von Villa Bella	Singspiel	3 acts (but only overture and act 1 now exist)	GoetheJohann Wolfgang von Goethe	1815	19131913	Vienna
326	FreundeDie Freunde von Salamanka	Singspiel	2 acts	MayrhoferJohann Mayrhofer 1928: G. Ziegler	1815	1928-05-066 May 1928	Halle, Stadttheater
435	BürgschaftDie Bürgschaft	Oper (fragment)	3 acts (but only acts 1 and 2 remain)	SchillerFriedrich Schillers ballade Die Bürgschaft	1816	19081908 2005	Vienna (in concert) University of Jena (staged)
137	Adrast	lyrische Tragödie	2 or 3 acts (unfinished)	MayrhoferJohann Mayrhofer	1819/1820	1868-12-1313 December 1868	Vienna, Redoutensaal
647	ZwillingsbrüderDie Zwillingsbrüder	Posse mit Gesang	1 act	HofmannGeorg von Hofmann, after Les deux Valentins	1818/1820	1820-11820	Vienna, Theater am Kärntnertor
644	ZauberharfeDie Zauberharfe	Zauberspiel mit Musik, melodrama	3 acts	HofmannGeorg von Hofmann	1820	1820-21820	Vienna, Theater an der Wien
701	Sacontala	Oper	3 acts (but only sketches for acts 1 and 2)	NeumannJohann Philipp Neumann after Kālidāsa	1820–1821	1971-06-1212 June 1971
982	Sophie	Oper	sketches, 3 numbers only		spring 1821?
732	Alfonso und Estrella	Oper	3 acts	SchoberFranz von Schober	1821/22	18541854	Weimar, Hoftheater
791	Rüdiger	Oper	sketches only for No. 1 and No. 2	MoselI von Mosel?	1823-05from May 1823	1868-01-055 January 1868	Vienna, Redoutensaal
787	VerschworenenDie Verschworenen	Singspiel	1 act	CastelliIgnaz Franz Castelli	1823	18611861	Frankfurt, Comoedienhaus am Roßmarkt
796	Fierrabras	heroisch-romantische Oper	3 acts	KupelwieserJoseph Kupelwieser	1823	18971897	Karlsruhe, Großherzogliches Hoftheater
797	Rosamunde	incidental music		Chézyfor a play by Helmina von Chézy	1823	1823-12-2020 December 1823	Vienna, Theater an der Wien
918	GrafDer Graf von Gleichen	romantische Oper	2 acts (but only sketches)	BauernfeldEduard von Bauernfeld	1827/1828	19961996	Meiningen, Staatstheater
981	MinnesängerDer Minnesänger	Oper	unfinished, lost

References

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

External links

• Over 700 songtexts set by Schubert many of these with English translations
• Free scores by Franz Schubert at the International Music Score Library Project
• The Mutopia Project has compositions by Franz Schubert
• Schubert music scores at the Project Gutenberg
• Schubert music scores – a free sheetmusic library
• The complete Deutsch catalogue