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, January 17:
- Ernst Konrad Friedrich Schulze wrote Im Jänner 1817 (Tiefes Leid) in 1817.
- Alois Zettler was born in 1778.
- Friedrich Ludwig Zacharias Werner died in 1823.
- Salomon Sulzer died in 1890.
- Schubert set Lodas Gespenst (D 150) in 1816.
