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, October 3:
- Bertas Lied in der Nacht by Franz Grillparzer was published in 1818.
- Johann Peter Uz was born in 1720.
- Schubert set Elysium (D 60) in 1813.
