After "Ave Maria," "Ständchen" (Serenade) is the most-covered Schubert Lied. Franz Liszt recognized its appeal and made an elaborate piano transcription, but we're partial to the way "Ständchen ...

The familiar "Ständchen" (Serenade) is a good example. It's one of Schubert's Top-40 hits and has been crooned and arranged by thousands, who treat it as a light and breezy love song.

Viennese-born Franz Schubert (1797 ... I immediately opened the pages to some of my Schubert favorites— “Serenade,” “Unfinished Symphony” and “Moment Musical,” songs I would later ...