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 25:
- Der Neugierige by Wilhelm Müller was published in 1818.
- Samuel Heinrich Spiker died in 1858.
- Schubert set Auf den Tod einer Nachtigall (D 201) in 1815.
