[Catherine Chandler]

Originally Posted by Claudia Gary

Alex,


Those who understand and love classical art songs (such as the many composed by Schubert, Schumann, Beethoven, and Mozart) know that the music was generally, if not always, written based on the poem, and not the other way around.

Claudia

So, if I understand it correctly, English translations of classical art songs would be ineligible for the bake-off, since most of them (that I know of) such as Lieder and mélodies, were based on poems in the first place.