Photograph by *L*u*z*a*, available under a Creative Commons license
The composers highlighted here represent some of the major schools of song: German Romantic lieder, French modernism, and 20th-century English-language art song. Within the page dedicated to each composer are links to biographical information, online scores and multimedia, and suggestions for further reading and research.
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
John Alden Carpenter (1876-1951)
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-1847)
Ruth Crawford Seeger (1901-1953)