The music of Austrian composer Franz Schubert and new works by composer Matthew Aucoin are coming together for a pair of Chatter shows. "Schubert + Aucoin" will feature Aucoin on piano with the vocals ...

The Aiken Symphony will showcase the great talents of eight of its musicians from the strings, winds and brass sections in an ...

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 a chipping sparrow trills, it could be that spring has arrived. When women’s voices ululate, they do so, in different regions of the world, to celebrate, to mourn, to pray, to warn, to seduce.

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 ...

Even though his lifespan was brief, only 31 years, Schubert ranks as one of the most prolific composers of classical music. He created over 600 vocal works, mostly songs, completed seven symphonies, ...

What do you know about Franz Schubert? He wrote a symphony that he never bothered to finish. In German class, you listened to “Erlkönig” (“The Elf King”), the grim Goethe poem that Schubert set to ...

Beethoven and Schubert pushed the boundaries of the piano sonata, redefining the genre in ways that still resonate today. In turn, Paul Lewis—one of the most sought-after pianists of his ...

Jane Jones choses a featured work that unites two of Schubert's extraordinary talents. Schubert's String Quartet No.14 in D minor brings together two of the composer's extraordinary talents. Schubert ...

Silicon Valley is the land of youthful ambition, where creativity abounds and the median age at most top tech-companies is between 28 and 32. Franz Schubert died at 31, the current age of father-to-be ...