When Austrian Composer Franz Peter Schubert died in 1828, it was at the house of his favorite brother, Ferdinand. Affectionate, sociable, improvident, Franz Peter found his life, liberty and pursuit ...

On Nov. 19, 1828, Franz Schubert died. He was one of 14 children of a schoolmaster and a cook. He himself had tried to be a schoolmaster but teaching tormented him and instead he scribbled music. When ...

In 1821, in Vienna, a friend of Franz Schubert wrote to his fiancée about a singular event he’d just attended: In 1821, in Vienna, a friend of Franz Schubert wrote to his fiancée about a singular ...

Two hundred years ago today, a 17-year-old kid from Vienna wrote a song that would change the way composers thought about songwriting. That kid was Franz Schubert, and his song "Gretchen am Spinnrade" ...

“Winterreise” (Winter Journey) never fails to cast a spell. Franz Schubert’s immortal cycle of 24 songs for voice and piano expresses the anguish, wonder and obsession of its brooding narrator as he ...

Every morning at 6:00 a.m., he commenced writing music, and he continued until 1:00 p.m. before taking a break. Some say he composed more than 65 bars of music each day. Before he died a tragic death ...

Thomas Meglioranza first heard Franz Schubert’s Winterreise, a cycle of 24 songs, when he was 18. “That got me hooked on singing classical music,” said award-winning baritone Meglioranza, who earned a ...

Alice Sara Ott’s account of John Field Nocturnes, a tribute to Glenn Gould and a program of songs by Schubert and Kurtag are among the highlights. Maurizio Pollini didn’t think his farewell on disc ...

If you would have told Austrian composer Franz Schubert that an ensemble of musicians, led by American expatriate Bryan Benner, would be reimagining his classical scores nearly 200 years later, he ...

On Oct. 19, 1814, an Austrian teenager named Franz Schubert wrote "Gretchen at the Spinning Wheel," a boldly innovative song that remains an... Two hundred years ago today, a 17-year-old kid from ...