Our Song Text & Translation Library
Welcome to the Hampsong Foundation’s song text and translation library. This project links together all of the song texts and translations hosted here on the Hampsong Foundation’s website, making the search for a particular text easier.
You can browse or search on this page by resource and by composer name. Many concert programs on this website also include song texts and translations.
By Resource:
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20 Lieder und Gesänge…
Texts and Translations
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Der arme Peter, Op. 53, No. 3
Texts and Translations
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Des Knaben Wunderhorn Texts and Translations
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Heinrich Heine: Prolog to Lyrisches Intermezzo
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“I Hear America Singing” (Salzburg 2001):
Song Texts and Translations
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Liederkreis, Op. 24
Texts and Translations
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Notturno Exclusive
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“Song of America: Music from the Library of Congress”: Texts and Translations
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Verboten und Verbannt
Song Texts & Translations
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Winterreise Texts and Translations
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“Wondrous Free: Song of America II:” Song Texts and Translations
By Composer:
Adams, John
Adler, Samuel
Bacon, Ernst
Barber, Samuel
Beethoven, Ludwig van
Berg, Alban
Berger, Jean
Berlioz, Hector
Bernstein, Leonard
Bolcom, William
Bowles, Paul
Brahms, Johannes
Bridge, Frank
Britten, Benjamin
Burleigh, Henry Thacker
Busby, Gerald
Carpenter, John Alden
Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Mario
Copland, Aaron
Dalmas, Philip
Damrosch, Walter
Daugherty, Michael
Duke, John
Eisler, Hanns
Farwell, Arthur
Finzi, Gerald
Foster, Stephen
Gold, Ernest
Grieg, Edvard
Griffes, Charles
Hageman, Richard
Hindemith, Paul
Homer, Sidney
Hopkinson, Francis
Adler, Samuel
Bacon, Ernst
Barber, Samuel
Beethoven, Ludwig van
Berg, Alban
Berger, Jean
Berlioz, Hector
Bernstein, Leonard
Bolcom, William
Bowles, Paul
Brahms, Johannes
Bridge, Frank
Britten, Benjamin
Burleigh, Henry Thacker
Busby, Gerald
Carpenter, John Alden
Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Mario
Copland, Aaron
Dalmas, Philip
Damrosch, Walter
Daugherty, Michael
Duke, John
Eisler, Hanns
Farwell, Arthur
Finzi, Gerald
Foster, Stephen
Gold, Ernest
Grieg, Edvard
Griffes, Charles
Hageman, Richard
Hindemith, Paul
Homer, Sidney
Hopkinson, Francis
Ives, Charles
Kagen, Sergius
Korngold, Erich Wolfgang
Liszt, Franz
Loeffler, Charles Martin
MacDowell, Edward
Mahler, Gustav
Mendelssohn, Felix
Meyerbeer, Giacomo
Naginski, Charles
Neidlinger, William H.
Niles, John Jacob
Pahlen, Kurt
Reutter, Hermann
Ritter, Frédéric Louis
Rorem, Ned
Schönberg, Arnold
Schubert, Franz
Schumann, Robert
Stanford, Charles Villiers
Strassburg, Robert
Strauss, Richard
Still, William Grant
Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ungar, Jay
Urquhart, Craig
Vaughan Williams, Ralph
Wagner, Richard
Warren, Elinor Remick
Weill, Kurt
Weisgall, Hugo
Wood, Haydn
Zeisl, Erich
Zemlinsky, Alexander
Kagen, Sergius
Korngold, Erich Wolfgang
Liszt, Franz
Loeffler, Charles Martin
MacDowell, Edward
Mahler, Gustav
Mendelssohn, Felix
Meyerbeer, Giacomo
Naginski, Charles
Neidlinger, William H.
Niles, John Jacob
Pahlen, Kurt
Reutter, Hermann
Ritter, Frédéric Louis
Rorem, Ned
Schönberg, Arnold
Schubert, Franz
Schumann, Robert
Stanford, Charles Villiers
Strassburg, Robert
Strauss, Richard
Still, William Grant
Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ungar, Jay
Urquhart, Craig
Vaughan Williams, Ralph
Wagner, Richard
Warren, Elinor Remick
Weill, Kurt
Weisgall, Hugo
Wood, Haydn
Zeisl, Erich
Zemlinsky, Alexander
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