Serenade by Franz Schubert (Guitar Tab)

Serenade by Franz Schubert (1797-1828)

Although he died at an early age, Schubert was tremendously prolific. He wrote some 600 Lieder, nine symphonies (including the famous “Unfinished Symphony”), liturgical music, operas, some incidental music, and a large body of chamber and solo piano music. Appreciation of his music during his lifetime was limited, but interest in Schubert’s work increased dramatically in the decades following his death at the age of 31

Notes
Romantic. 82 Bars. 3/4 Time Signature. 6 pages. key of A m. drop d.
Click here for an alternate version. (Arranged by Johann Kaspar Mertz)

This Standchen or “Serenade” is a Lied that was published a few months after Schubert’s death. It was one of the last things he ever wrote. It’s a short story of a person wishing to be loved by another. You can feel two different things: melancholy yearning and hope. They shift back and forth, back and forth.