Franz Schubert died at age 31. Future generations are fortunate that the composer left us amazing works of chamber music, symphonies, Ballets, sonatas, and also 600 songs! In his song, “Die Forelle” the poet tells …
Composer Richard Strauss and his wife, Pauline, were married for about 55 years. She was an operatic Soprano, and he wrote many songs for her. Most of these songs were highly emotional, and dealt with …
The outstanding Dutch soprano, Elly Ameling, studied in Rotterdam in the Netherlands. She completed her training with Pierre Bernac in Paris. In 1956 she won the first prize in a vocal competition, but her career …
Franz Schubert left us ~600 songs when he died at age 31. Many years later composer Franz Liszt arranged some of these songs to be played by piano alone, where the performer is able to …
“For me, Strauss is one of the greatest composers,” Diana Damrau has said. “The way he handles the soprano voice is a joy. And to be able to sing his music with my voice feels …