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 7:
- Friedrich Spee died in 1635.
- Christoph Christian Hohlfeldt died in 1849.
- Schubert set Das Geheimnis (Sie konnte mir kein Wörtchen sagen) (D 250) in 1815.
- Schubert set Hoffnung (Es reden und träumen die Menschen viel) (D 251) in 1815.
- Schubert set An den Mond (Was schauest du so hell) (D 468) in 1816.
