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" ...

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Franz Schubert was once famous for hardly anything but his songs, though his piano works, chamber music and much else are beloved now. Yet those songs -- the acme of the European art song tradition -- ...

Schubert Songs, with a Twist: We'll hear two songs by Schubert souped up as solo piano transcriptions by Leopold Godowski (goh-DAWF-skee). We'll hear "Wandering" and "The Trout." It's a performance ...

Your donation today will help MinnPost continue to report on the news you need. Each year the Schubert Club hosts a Summer Song Festival. One of Minnesota’s oldest and most respected cultural ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

“Who owns the most beautiful voice in the world?” I asked in 2005. “It’s a ridiculous question, of course, but it may have an answer: Matthias Goerne, the German baritone.” My review continued, The ...

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