Welcome to Schubert Song Texts, a web resource devoted to the poems set to music by Franz Schubert (1797-1828). As well as the full text of all the poems, there are translations into modern English and indexes of the images used by the poets. A sample of what is available is offered below, but for more detail see the About page, which includes a FAQ and a video tour.
On this day, April 12:
- Pietro Metastasio died in 1782.
- Schubert set Die Schatten (D 50) in 1813.
- Schubert set Die erste Liebe (D 182) in 1815.
- Schubert set Freundschaft und Wein (D 183) in 1815.
