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 ...

Multiple Grammy-winning soprano Dawn Upshaw is performing new arrangements of Schubert songs at the Ordway this weekend. (Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune) ...

The story of the Austrian composer Franz Schubert inspires pity and awe in equal measure: Stupendously gifted, he wrote music at a frenetic pace, even while often impoverished and ill from syphilis, ...

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" ...

At head of title: Gerhard Hüsch sings Schubert. All selections (except 5) have been previously released. Biographical notes on the performers on container. The 16 songs include selections from ...

Part of the “Great Performances” series “Now Hear This,” which focuses each of its episodes on a great composer, “The Schubert Generation” features a number of phenomenally talented young performers ...