In 1819, the Viennese composer and publisher Anton Diabelli invited the most prominent composers of the Austro-Hungarian realms to pen one variation each on an unassuming waltz tune he had written.

“The Baltimore Waltz” prances in circles around its subject, which is the death of playwright Paula Vogel’s brother, Carl, in 1988. Vogel’s approach to her grief — a nation’s grief, as the country ...

VIENNA, Austria — Even 200 years after the birth of Austria's world-famous "waltz king" Johann Strauss II — widely revered like a modern-day pop star during his lifetime — his music has lost none of ...

Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson talks show tunes with Laurence Maslon, a professor at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts and host of the weekly show "Broadway to Main Street" at WPPB, Long Island's NPR station ...