List of compositions by Schubert Details, Meaning List of compositions by Schubert Article and Explanation Guide

List of compositions by Schubert Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description

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:

Table of contents

1 About the way(s) Schuberts compositions are listed
2 Thematic list of Schuberts compositions

2.1 Symphonies
2.2 Music for chamber ensemble
2.3 Piano solo
2.4 Lieder (songs) and songcycles
2.5 Masses, oratoria and religious compositions
2.6 Opera and theatre music

3 See also

About the way(s) Schuberts compositions are listed

The indication "D" or "D." refers to "Deutsch", which is Otto Erich Deutsch, who created a (more or less) chronological (i.e. by composition date) catalogue of Schubert's works. Note that this catalogue has been ammended several times, leading to numbers followed by a letter, e.g. D 769a, formerly D900 (because historical research led to a new probable date of composition).

The compositions of Schubert listed below are grouped thematically, i.e. by type of composition. Not all thematic groups of Schubert works have a separate numbering that is generally accepted: e.g. the numbering of the piano sonatas proved particularily cumbersome, see below. Also for the symphonies the numbering from 1 to 10 is only "stable" as far 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.

Less 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.

Thematic list of Schuberts compositions

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

Symphonies

Symphony No. 2 in B-flat (D.125)
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)
Symphony No. 7: "Sketch for a Grand Symphony" from 1824 - no orchestral score survived, maybe to be identified with the Grand Duo in C major (D.812, op. 140) and/or the Octet in F (D.803).
Symphony No. 8 or the Unfinished Symphony in B minor (D.759)
Symphony No. 9 in C major (D.944), the Great
10th (or "Last") Symphony in D major (elaborated by Brian Newbould from the symphonic scetch D.936a),

Music for chamber ensemble

Piano Quintet in A i.e. The trout quintet (D.667) - see also songs below.
Quartettsatz (quartet movement) in C minor (D.703)
Octet in F (D.803)
String Quartet in A minor (D.804).
Arpeggione sonata (D.821), for a cello-like new instrument and piano, now generally played on cello.
string quartet in D minor, using music of the Death and the Maiden song (D.810)
Rondeau brilliant for piano and violin (D.895, Op.70)
Fantasia for piano and violin in C (D.934)
Two Piano trios (B flat, D.898 - E flat, D.929)
String Quintet in C (D.956)

Piano solo

The table below concentrates on piano sonatas and other well known piano pieces that are still regularily heard some two centuries after the composers death. Other piano music by Schubert includes a host of short pieces, most of them German dances, minuets, marches and the like.

There is also a considerable number of piano pieces for four hands by Schubert, the Military march being one of the most famous of these.

Legend:

A, B and C: three different numberings of Schubert's piano sonatas: A is the oldest (referring to the 1888 first "integral" edition of Schuberts sonatas by Breitkopf and Härtel, before the Deutsch catalogue had been published - 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 Fantasie" 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.

Name

Key

Date

Opus

Deutsch

Fantasie

C Minor

(?)

Andante

C Major

Andante

1st part of a sonata

E Major

154

Allegro

10 Variations

F Major

156

Sonate

E Major

feb. 1815

157

Allegro ma non troppo

Andante

MENUETTO, Allegro vivace - Trio

Adagio

G Major

178

Adagio

Sonate

C Major

sep. 1815

279

Allegro moderato

Andante

MENUETTO, Allegro vivace - Trio

[Allegretto]

Allegretto (fragment)

C Major

346

Allegro moderato (fragment)

C Major

347

Andantino (fragment)

C Major

348

Adagio (fragment)

C Major

349

Fünf Klavierstücke

E Major

aug. 1816

459

Allegro moderato

SCHERZO, Allegro

Adagio

SCHERZO CON TRIO

Allegro patetico

Adagio

D-flat

505

Adagio

(Adagio and) Rondo

E Major

(p) 145

506

(Adagio)

RONDO, Allegretto moto

Sonate

A Minor

1817

(p) 164

537

Allegro ma non troppo

Allegretto quasi Andantino

Allegro vivace

Sonate

A-flat Major

may 1817

557

Allegro moderato

Andante

Allegro

Sonate

E Minor

june 1817

566

Moderato

Allegretto

SCHERZO, Allegro vivace - Trio

RONDO, Allegretto

Sonate (older version of D568)

D-flat Major

567

Sonate

E-flat Major

1817

(p) 122

568

Allegro moderato

Andante molto

MENUETTO, allegretto - Trio

Allegro moderato

Sonate

F-sharp Minor

1817

570/571

Allegro

SCHERZO, Allegro vivace

Allegro moderato

Sonate

Bb Major

aug. 1817

(p) 147

575

Allegro ma non troppo

Andante

SCHERZO, Allegretto - Trio

Allegro giusto

13 Variations on a theme by Hüttenbrenner

576

Scherzo

B-flat Major

593 #1

Allegretto

Scherzo

D-flat Major

593 #2

Allegro moderato

Andante

A Major

604

Andante

Fantasia (fragment)

C Major

605

Marche

E Major

606

Allegro con brio

Trio (of an unidentified menuet, maybe D600)

E Major

610

Adagio

E Major

612

Adagio

Sonate

C Major

april 1818

613

Moderato

(?)

Sonate

F Minor

sep. 1818

625

Allegro

SCHERZO, allegretto

Allegro

Sonata movement

C-sharp Minor

655

Allegro

Sonate

A Major

1819/1825

(p) 120

664

Allegro moderato

Andante

Allegro

Variation on a waltz by Diabelli

718

Wanderer Fantasie

C Major

nov. 1822

760

Allegro con fuoco ma non troppo

Adagio

SCHERZO, Presto

Allegro

Sonate (fragment, formerly D994)

E minor

769a

Allegro

34 Valses Sentimentales

779

Moment Musical I/1

C Major

1823

780/1

Moderato

Moment Musical I/2

A-flat Major

1823

780/2

Andantino

Sonate

A Minor

feb. 1823

(p) 143

784

Allegro giusto

Andante

Allegro vivace

Moment Musical I/3 "Air Russe"

F Minor

dec. 1823

780/3

Allegretto moderato

Hungarian melody

C-sharp Minor

1824

817

(?)

Moment Musical II/6 "Plainte d'un Troubadour"

A-flat Major

dec. 1824

780/6

Allegretto

Sonate 'Reliquie'

C Major

1825

840

Moderato

Andante

Moment Musical II/4

C-sharp Minor

1823-1828

780/4

Moderato

Moment Musical II/5

F Minor

1823-1828

780/5

Allegro vivace

Sonate

A Minor

1825

845

Moderato

Andante poco moto

SCHERZO, Allegro vivace - Trio, Un poco più lento

RONDO: Allegro vivace

Sonate 'Gasteiner'

D Major

1825

850

Allegro vivace

Con moto

SCHERZO, Allegro vivace - Trio

RONDO: Allegro moderato

Sonate (Fantaisie)

G Major

oct. 1826

894

Molto moderato e cantabile

Andante

MENUETTO, Allegro moderato - Trio

Allegretto

Impromptu I/1

C Minor

1827

899/1

Allegro molto moderato

Impromptu I/2

E-flat Major

1827

899/2

Allegro

Impromptu I/3

G-flat Major

1827

899/3

Andante

Impromptu I/4

A-flat Major

1827

899/4

Allegretto

Allegretto (fragment)

C Minor

900

Allegretto

C Minor

(1827)

915

Allegretto

12 Valses Nobles

1827

969

Impromptu II/1

F Minor

1827

(p) 142

935/1

Allegro moderato

Impromptu II/2

A-flat Major

1827

(p) 142

935/2

Allegretto

Impromptu II/3 "Rosamunde"

B-flat Major

dec. 1827

(p) 142

935/3

Andante

Var. I

Var. II

Var. III

Var. IV

Var. V

Impromptu II/4

F Minor

1827

(p) 142

935/4

Allegro vivace

Klavierstück (Impromptu)

E-flat Minor

may 1828

946 #1

Allegro assai - Andante - Andantino

Klavierstück (Impromptu)

E-flat Major

may 1828

946 #2

Allegretto

Klavierstück (Impromptu)

C Major

may 1828

946 #3

Allegro

Sonate

C Minor

sep. 1828

958

Allegro

Adagio

MENUETTO, Allegro - Trio

Allegro

Sonate

A Major

sep. 1828

959

Allegro

Andantino

SCHERZO, Allegro vivace - Trio, Un poco più lento

RONDO, Allegretto

Sonate

B-flat Major

sep. 1828

posth.

960

Molto moderato

Andante sostenuto

SCHERZO, Allegro vivace con delicatezza - Trio

Allegro ma non troppo

Lieder (songs) and songcycles

Over 700 songtexts by Schubert can be retrieved from http://www.recmusic.org/lieder/get_settings.html?ComposerId=2520 (many of these with English translation).

Der Taucher (D.77/111)
Gretchen am Spinnrade (D.118, published as Op.2).
Erlkönig (D.328, published as Op.1) - text by Goethe
Einsamkeit (D.620)
Marienbild (D.623)
Litaney
Schäfers Klagelied
Die Forelle (The trout), the theme of which was used in the Trout quintet (see above)
Death and the Maiden (see Death and the Maiden quartet above).
l'Addio
Die schöne Müllerin or the Müllerlieder (D.795), song-cycle - text by Wilhelm Müller
Ave Maria (original title: Ellens Gesang III, D.839), text based on an excerpt of Sir Walter Scott's The Lady of the Lake; see also Fantasia, the Disney film that mixed the music of Schubert's Ave Maria with Mussorgsky's Night on Bald Mountain
Ständchen (D.889), setting of a German text based on Shakespeare's Hark! Hark! the Lark (Cymbeline, Act II, scene 3)
An Silvia (D.891), text based on Shakespeare's Who is Sylvia?
Winterreise (D.911), song-cycle
Song of Miriam
Schwanengesang or Swansong (D.957), cycle of songs, some of which are on poems by Heinrich Heine