The LiederNet Archive
Web archive of song and choral texts
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The LiederNet Archive (formerly The Lied, Art Song, and Choral Texts Archive) is a donation-supported[1] web archive of art song and choral texts[2] founded in 1995[3] by Emily Ezust of McGill University, an American/Canadian computer programmer and amateur violinist. The website was hosted by the REC Music Foundation from 1996 to 2015.
The Lied, Art Song, and Choral Texts Archive
| Formerly | The Lied and Songs Texts Page The Lied, Art Song, and Choral Texts Archive |
|---|---|
| Available in | English |
| Headquarters | Canada |
| Owner | Emily Ezust |
| Created by | Emily Ezust, Shawn Thuris (2019 redesign) |
| URL | https://www.lieder.net/ |
| Commercial | No |
| Launched | 1995 |
| Current status | Online |
| Written in | Perl 5, DBIx::Class, Aurora (MySQL) |
| OCLC number | 456122816 |
The LiederNet Archive provides access[4] to both original out-of-copyright song texts and copyright-protected translations submitted by over 1000 volunteer[5] translators.[6] The website is indexed by composer, text author, first line, title.
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.[7]
