The LiederNet Archive

The LiederNet Archive
Available inEnglish
OwnerEmily Ezust
Created byEmily Ezust
URLhttp://www.lieder.net/
CommercialNo[citation needed]
Launched1995
Current statusOnline

The LiederNet Archive (formerly The Lied, Art Song, and Choral Texts Archive) is a donation-supported web archive of art song and choral texts[1] founded in 1995[2] by Emily Ezust, an American/Canadian computer programmer and amateur violinist. The website was hosted by the REC Music Foundation from 1996 to 2015.

The LiederNet Archive provides access[3] to both original out-of-copyright song texts and copyright-protected translations submitted by over 500 volunteer[4] translators.[5] The website is indexed by composer, text poet or author, first line, title, or language.

The LiederNet Archive is frequently cited as a source in musical studies, where the website's aggregate listings of settings of songs and poems may be more complete or more easily accessible than conventional musicological resources.[6]

  1. ^ http://www.worldcat.org/title/lied-and-art-song-texts-page/oclc/456122816 [bare URL]
  2. ^ "FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) and Links (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)".
  3. ^ "Site Seeing".
  4. ^ "Translators and Other Volunteers (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)".
  5. ^ Music, Text and Translation - Page 79 "An accessible place to find the texts of Britten's songs is Emily Ezust, 'The Lied, Art Song and Choral Texts Archive', http://www.lieder.net/lieder/ (last accessed December 2010). It includes over 250 texts set by Britten, with some versions ...
  6. ^ Charles Koechlin: compositeur et humaniste Philippe Cathé, Sylvie Douche, Michel Duchesneau - 2010 Page 187 "Le site Intemet d'Emily Ezust recense pas moins de 25 mises en musique des poèmes de Klingsor — dont certaines ... lui-même: «The Lied and Art Song Texts Page», http://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_settings.html?ComposerId=1440, consulté le 20 février 2010. 17."