The texts in this collection come from a variety of different sources including published scores, online poetry collections, books, CD booklets, and concert programs. Details about specific settings also come from bibliographies and catalogs, sometimes score unseen. Because composers sometimes make changes to the texts they set to music, we try to show these changes in footnotes. When possible, an icon will indicate where such comparisons have been performed. For this purpose we use images of red, green, or white dots.

The Legend of the Dots

Placement

When a dot appears beside the information about the poet or author of a text, it refers to the text as a stand-alone work, i.e., as one would see it in a poetry collection, play, or book.

When a dot appears beside the details of a given composer's setting, it refers to the text as sung, or as it would be found in the musical score.

Meaning

^* When possible we will provide bibliographic information. Some on-line sources regarded as reliable for poetry are websites such as Bartleby, Zeno.Org - Meine Bibliothek, Gutenberg, Wikisource. Many primary sources are also available online at Google Books, Project Gutenberg, and the Petrucci Music Library (formerly the International Music Score Library Project, IMSLP)

Help

Your help in verifying questionable texts is greatly appreciated! Please contact Emily Ezust via e-mail:
emily at-sign lieder dot-symbol net

and if possible, indicate if your source is a score, CD booklet, concert program(me), poetry book, or internet poetry website. The more specific the better!