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, February 12:
- Ludwig Christoph Heinrich Hölty wrote Erntelied in 1773.
- Ludwig Christoph Heinrich Hölty wrote Seligkeit in 1773.
- Ludwig Christoph Heinrich Hölty wrote Mailied in 1773.
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe wrote Wandrers Nachtlied in 1776.
- Friedrich Rochlitz was born in 1769.
- Friedrich Heinrich de la Motte Fouqué was born in 1777.
- Abraham Sophus Voß was born in 1785.
