Mozart's response to the idea of making church music was a little like the average child's reaction to being told to eat his spinach. And much fuss has been made over just how much Mozart hated having ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Claude Vivier was barely older than Mozart when he was brutally murdered in his Paris apartment 28 years ago.

The plight of Pierre, &c. Up north and down here, &c. 9/11 as ‘inside job,’ &c. Audio By Carbonatix Editor’s Note: Jay Nordlinger spent the middle two weeks of August in Salzburg, Austria, working at ...

“Silent Night” might be one of the sweetest Christmas carols there is, but following the trail of the man who wrote it exactly 200 years ago involves an unexpectedly macabre twist. “The skull is ...

The fascination with Salzburg’s music backbone is never ending, from the genius beginnings of Mozart to 200 years later with “The Sound of Music” film. The musical-turned-film is one of Hollywood’s ...

Members of an Allentown church choir returned to the Lehigh Valley recently after a two-week tour of Austria and Germany and a performance at the Salzburg Church Music Festival. About three dozen ...

It is one of the most beloved Christmas songs — one that has been performed in more than 300 languages and dialects. But on Christmas Eve, 1818, Silent Night was being performed for the very first ...

As the birthplace of a much-loved Christmas carol, Austria’s medieval city of Salzburg is a fitting destination for the festive season. Its snow-covered Alpine backdrop and famous Christkindlmarkt ...