[1] The texts are poems by five authors: In 2008, the musicologists Richard Mercier and Donald Nold dedicated a book to Reger's songs.

[4] The first recorded performance was of #3 in Heidelberg on 5 November 1899 by Maria Hösl and the pianist Otto Seelig.

However, one of them, Ludwig Wüllner, only mentioned the songs without detailed analysis in his biography of the composer.

[5] Mercier and Nold noted that the collection is "consistently on a high level with beautiful sonic textures and rich harmonies throughout",[3] and that "the 'love' theme in these poems inspires some of Reger's most magical sonorities".

[6] The Musikhochschule Saarbrücken focused on chamber music by Mozart and Reger, presenting the six songs on 12 June.