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 12:
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe wrote Johanna Sebus in 1809.
- Johann Peter Uz died in 1796.
- August Wilhelm Schlegel died in 1845.
- Schubert set Klage (Dein Silber schien) (D 436) in 1816.
