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, June 21:
- Zufriedenheit by Matthias Claudius was published in 1771.
- Caroline Louise Hempel was born in 1750.
- Johann Ludwig Ferdinand von Deinhardstein was born in 1790.
- Johann Gabriel Seidl was born in 1804.
- Schubert set Meeres Stille (D 216) in 1815.
