List of compositions by Franz Schubert, by musical genre

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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 also available.

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How Schubert's compositions are listed

The indication "D" or "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’: but this view, as well as being illogical – the E major Symphony is essentially an entire work, as various completions have shown – is unlikely to prevail over current practice.

Thematic list of Schubert's compositions

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

Symphonies

  • Symphony No. 1 in D major (D.82)
  • Symphony No. 2 in B-flat (D.125)
  • Symphony No. 3 in D major (D.200)
  • Symphony No. 4 in C minor (D.417), the Tragic
  • Symphony No. 5 in B-flat (D.485)
  • Symphony No. 6 in C major (D.589), the 'Little
  • 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), the 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), the Great (sometimes counted as No.7 or No.8).
  • 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(D.812, Op. 140) 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)).

Music for chamber ensemble

Piano solo

The table below concentrates on piano sonatas and other well-known piano pieces that are still regularly heard today. Other piano music by Schubert includes a host of short pieces, most of them German dances, minuets, marches and the like.

There are also a considerable number of piano pieces for four hands by Schubert, the Military Marches being among the most famous of these. Others are the Grand Duo and the Fantasy in F minor.

Legend to the table:

  • A, B and C: three different numberings of Schubert's piano sonatas: A is the oldest (referring to the 1888 first "integral" edition of Schubert's sonatas by Breitkopf und Härtel, not making reference to the Deutsch catalogue this edition of Schubert sonatas is reprinted from 1970 on by Dover Publications). As more pieces turned up that could be labelled as Sonata, the numbering extended, also re-numbering some of the pieces that had already been published. Note that in Schubert's lifetime "Fantasie" (Phantasy) and "Sonate" (Sonata) had a somewhat overlapping meaning: by convention the Wanderer Fantasy was never numbered as a sonata, while D.894 always was.
  • U: unfinished work
  • numbers 1., 2., etc...: individual movements of the compositions.
  • Opus: "(p)" or "posth." indicates a posthumous publication.
A B C Name Key U Date Opus Deutsch
Fantasie C Minor 2e
Andante C Major 29
1st part of a sonata E Major u 154
10 Variations F Major 156
1 1 1 Sonate E Major Feb. 1815 157
Adagio G Major 178
2 2 2 Sonate C Major Sep. 1815 279
Allegretto (fragment) C Major u 346
Allegro moderato (fragment) C Major u 347
Andantino (fragment) C Major u 348
Adagio (fragment) C Major u 349
3 3 Fünf Klavierstücke E Major Aug. 1816 459
Adagio D-flat 505
(Adagio and) Rondo E Major (p) 145 506
6 4 4 Sonate A Minor 1817 (p) 164 537
3 5 5 Sonate A-flat Major May 1817 557
4 6 6 Sonate E Minor June 1817 566
7 7 Sonate (older version of D.568) D-flat Major u 567
7 8 Sonate E-flat Major 1817 (p) 122 568
Sonate F-sharp Minor u 1817 570571
5 8 9 Sonate B Major Aug. 1817 (p) 147 575
13 Variations on a theme by Hüttenbrenner 576
Scherzo B-flat Major 593 #1
Scherzo D-flat Major 593 #2
Andante A Major 604
Fantasia (fragment) C Major u 605
Marche E Major 606
Trio (of an unidentified menuet, maybe D.600) E Major 610
Adagio E Major 612
9 10 Sonate C Major u Apr. 1818 613
10 11 Sonate F Minor u Sep. 1818 625
12 Sonata movement C-sharp Minor u 655
10 11 13 Sonate A Major 1819-1825 (p) 120 664
Variation on a waltz by Diabelli C minor 718
Wanderer Fantasie C Major Nov. 1822 15 760
Sonate (fragment, formerly D.994) E minor 769a
34 Valses Sentimentales 50 779
Moment Musical I1 C Major 1823 94 7801
Moment Musical I2 A-flat Major 1823 94 7802
8 12 14 Sonata A Minor Feb. 1823 (p) 143 784
Moment Musical I3 "Air Russe" F Minor Dec. 1823 94 7803
Hungarian melody B minor 1824 817
Moment Musical II6 "Plainte d'un Troubadour" A-flat Major Dec. 1824 94 7806
13 15 Sonate ("Reliquie") C Major u 1825 840
Moment Musical II4 C-sharp Minor 1823-1828 94 7804
Moment Musical II5 F Minor 1823-1828 94 7805
9 14 16 Sonate A Minor 1825 42 845
11 15 17 Sonate ("Gasteiner") D Major 1825 53 850
12 16 18 Sonate (Fantaisie) G Major Oct. 1826 78 894
Impromptu I1 C Minor 1827 90 8991
Impromptu I2 E-flat Major 1827 90 8992
Impromptu I3 G-flat Major 1827 90 8993
Impromptu I4 A-flat Major 1827 90 8994
Allegretto (fragment) C Minor u 900
Allegretto C Minor (1827) 915
12 Valses Nobles 1827 77 969
Impromptu II1 F Minor 1827 (p) 142 9351 Allegro moderato
Impromptu II2 A-flat Major 1827 (p) 142 9352
Impromptu II3 "Rosamunde" B-flat Major Dec. 1827 (p) 142 9353
Impromptu II4 F Minor 1827 (p) 142 9354
Klavierstück (Impromptu) E-flat Minor May 1828 946 #1
Klavierstück (Impromptu) E-flat Major May 1828 946 #2
Klavierstück (Impromptu) C Major May 1828 946 #3
13 17 19 Sonate C Minor Sep. 1828 958
14 18 20 Sonate A Major Sep. 1828 959
15 19 21 Sonate B-flat Major Sep. 1828 posth. 960

Lieder (songs) and songcycles

Liturgical and Sacred compositions

  • Mass No.1 in F major, D.105
  • Mass No.2 in G major, D.167
  • Mass No.3 in Bb major, D.324
  • Mass No.4 in C major, D.452
  • Mass No.5 in Ab major, D.678
  • Gesange zur Feier des heiligen Opfers der Messe (Deutsche Messe), D.872, for mixed chorus, winds, and organ
  • Kyrie in D minor, D.31, for chorus, orchestra and organ
  • Kyrie in Bb major, D.45, for mixed chorus
  • Kyrie in D minor, D.49, for chorus and orchestra
  • Kyrie in F major, D.66, for chorus, orchestra and organ
  • Salve Regina in Bb major, D.106, for tenor, orchestra and organ
  • Totus in Corde (Erstes Offertorium) in C major, D.136, for soprano, tenor, clarinet or violin concertante, orchestra, and organ
  • Stabat Mater in G minor, D.175
  • Offertorium (Tres sunt) in A minor, D.181, for chorus, orchestra and organ
  • Gradual in C major, D.184, for chorus, orchestra, and organ
  • Salve Regina (Zweites Offertorium) in F major, D.223, for soprano, orchestra, and organ
  • Salve Regina in F major, D.379
  • Stabat Mater in F major, D.383
  • Salve Regina in Bb major, D.386
  • Tantum ergo in C major, D.460, for chorus, orchestra, and organ
  • Tantum ergo in C major, D.461, for soli, chorus, and orchestra
  • Magnificat in C major, D.486
  • Auguste jam coelestium, D.488, duet for soprano and tenor with orchestra
  • Salve Regina (Drittes Offertorium) in A major, D.676, for soprano and orchestra
  • 6 Antiphons for Palm Sunday, D.696
  • Psalm 23, D.706, for chorus with piano
  • 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
  • Der 92. Psalm, Lied für den Sabbath, D.953, for baritone solo and chorus
  • Offertorium, D.963
  • Hymnus an den heiligen Geist, D.964

Oratorio

Opera and theatre music

  • Der Spiegelritter, D.11, operetta (Act I only)
  • Des Teufels Lustschloss, D.84, opera
  • Der vierjährige Posten, D.190, singspiel
  • Fernando, D.220, singspiel
  • Claudine von Villa Bella, D.239, singspiel (Acts II and III lost)
  • Adrast, D.137, opera (fragment only
  • Die Freunde von Salamanka, D.326, singspiel (spoken dialogue lost)
  • Die Bürgschaft, D.435, opera in 3 acts (unfinished)
  • Die Zwillingsbrüder, D.647, singspiel
  • Die Zauberharfe, D.644, melodrama
  • Sakuntala, D.701, unfinished opera
  • Alfonso und Estrella, D.732, opera in 3 acts
  • Fierrabras, D.796, the opera that kept most notoriety after Schubert's death.
  • Die Verschworenen, D.787, comic opera (singspiel)
  • Rosamunde, D.797 (incidental music to a play; see also Entr'acte and Schubert's Impromptu in B flat, Op. Posth. 142, No.3 (D.935/3), above)
  • Der Graf von Gleichen, D.918 - unfinished

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