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 27:
- Ernst Konrad Friedrich Schulze wrote Ewige Liebe in 1814.
- James Macpherson was born in 1736.
- Schubert set Hermann und Thusnelda (D 322) in 1815.
