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, July 18:
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe wrote Geistes-Gruß in 1774.
- Joseph Kenner wrote Grablied in 1813.
- Francesco Petrarca died in 1374.
- Johann Gabriel Seidl died in 1875.
