About this edition
Composed in the summer of 1815, when Schubert was just eighteen years old, the Symphony No. 3 in D major, D. 200, radiates the exuberance and formal assurance of a young composer already fluent in the Classical symphonic language of Haydn and Mozart. Its unusually weighty slow introduction gives way to music of buoyant, good-humored energy, culminating in a sparkling, tarantella-like finale that reveals Schubert's delight in Rossini, whose operas were then the talk of Vienna. The symphony belongs to the extraordinary creative outpouring of 1815, a single year in which Schubert also completed his Second Symphony and well over a hundred songs, and it stands as a vivid document of a young genius finding his own distinctive voice within inherited Classical forms.
This edition reproduces the text of Franz Schubert's Werke, the pioneering collected critical edition of Schubert's compositions issued by Breitkopf & Härtel of Leipzig beginning in 1884. The Third Symphony appears in Serie I, No. 3 (pages 143–190), part of the volume of orchestral symphonies edited by Johannes Brahms himself. Brahms undertook this editorial work out of genuine admiration for Schubert's music, and his direct involvement gives the Gesamtausgabe a rare scholarly authority — it remains a touchstone source consulted by conductors, scholars, and performers to this day.
About this edition:
- Full orchestral score, ideal for study, conducting, and library use
- Page size: 8.5 x 11 inches
- Reproduced from a historical public domain source
- Published by Purple 4R Publishing
Because this score's copyright has long since expired, we're able to bring this handsome piece of Schubert scholarship back into print at an accessible price. We hope it earns a place on your stand or shelf, ready to be studied, marked up, and enjoyed for years to come.
