Maria Trapp Remembers

From The Story of the Trapp Family Singers by Maria Augusta Trapp, 1949 On a memorable day in August, 1936, we were sitting together once more behind the screen of pines in our park. It was late in the afternoon, a Saturday. Everybody had stopped working and changed...

Volume 3: Index

Alphabetical by Song Title >> Alphabetical by Composer >> NOTE: Song Cycles can be found in Volume 4 A Nun Takes the VeilAbsence (found in Volume 4)Adieu (found in Volume 4)AllerseelenAm Sonntag MorgenAn die GeliebteAn die MusikAn eine AeolsharfeAn...

Lehmann’s Birthdate

One can find a great many birthdates given for Lotte Lehmann. I always assumed that vanity led her to change the date, and since 27 February was Caruso’s birthday, this seemed an intriguing coincidence. Some of the dates I have encountered are 2 July 1888, 1885 or...

Lehmann/Die schöne Müllerin

• Though missing its first page and the ending, here’s a recent discovery, in Lehmann’s handwriting, of her thoughts on Schubert’s Die schöne Müllerin.