On October 8, 1828, Missouri’s acclaimed zither maker, Franz Schwarzer, was born in Austria. Schwarzer was trained as a wood carver and architect. While still in Austria, he developed an interest in ...

Minding his own business and his own zither at a wine bistro and then hauled back to America to write the score that reshaped the entertainment industry, the work of Anton Karas preserves the legacy ...

Rochester, N. Y.. city of cameras and music, is the hotbed of U. S. zither playing. There last week the United Zither Players of America gathered for its Tenth National Congress and, proudly led by ...