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 18:
- Joseph Martinides was born in 1772.
- Friedrich Wilhelm Gotter died in 1797.
- Schubert set Der Flüchtling (D 402) in 1816.
