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, March 9:
- Friedrich Haug was born in 1761.
- Aegidius Albertinus died in 1620.
- Schubert set Nun lasst uns den Leib begraben (Begräbnislied) (D 168) in 1815.
- Schubert set Jesus Christus unser Heiland, der den Tod überwand (Osterlied) (D 168A) in 1815.
