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, August 15:
- Heinrich Joseph von Collin wrote Kaiser Maximilian auf der Martinswand in 1809.
- Matthias Claudius was born in 1740.
- Walter Scott was born in 1771.
- Ignaz von Seyfried was born in 1776.
