Verification of Source Material

The texts in this collection come from a variety of different sources including published scores, published poetry collections and 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. Indication will also be made of where such comparisons have been performed or where they need to be performed.

Colour-Coded Labels

When one of the following colour-coded labels appears beside the name of the 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 the label appears beside the details of a given composer's setting, it refers to the text as sung, that is, as it would be found in the musical score without repeated phrases.

 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source] means that the author's text has been checked twice against published sources believed to be reliable.
 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source] means that the author's text may be as it was first published, but it has not yet been verified.
 [sung text checked 1 time] means that the sung text has been checked once against a published score or a CD booklet, or by listening to a recording.
 [sung text not yet checked] - the sung text might be correct but needs to be checked

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 us via e-mail at:
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Please indicate if your source is a score, CD booklet, concert program(me), poetry book, or internet poetry website.