The American contralto Marian Anderson sings “Der Erlkönig,” part of our continuing series on the Schubert song, written when he was a teenager. I was talking to my mother on the phone the other day ...

As part of our continuing series on Schubert’s “Der Erlkönig,” here is Yuja Wang performing Liszt’s transcription of the song. I take this opportunity to share her performance because, as it happens, ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Goerne’s latest Schubert recital, partnered by Andreas Haefliger, may not be the most substantial in terms of ...

University of Sydney provides funding as a member of The Conversation AU. Franz Schubert’s Winterreise, completed in 1827, is a set of 24 songs for voice and piano composed almost entirely using minor ...

Franz Schubert wrote over 600 songs during his short life and, naturally, some have captured the attention of singers, pianists and listeners more than others over the decades. His top-shelf songs ...

A lied is a German song. The plural is lieder. Lied most often refers to a song performed in German by a solo singer with piano accompaniment. Lieder are particularly related to the romantic period.

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 ...