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, August 22:
- Andrew MacDonald died in 1790.
- Bernhard Ambros Ehrlich died in 1827.
- Schubert set Die Fröhlichkeit (D 262) in 1815.
- Schubert set Cora an die Sonne (D 263) in 1815.
- Schubert set Der Morgenkuss (D 264) in 1815.
