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, May 17:
- Franz Adolph Friedrich von Schober was born in 1796.
- Jacob Nicolaus Craigher de Jachelutta died in 1855.
- Schubert set An den Mond (Geuß, lieber Mond) (D 193) in 1815.
- Schubert set Die Mainacht (D 194) in 1815.
