Minnesinger and Meistersingers of Germany
After the Latin-language religious music had lead for centuries, in the 12 th century to the 14 th centuries, minnesingers (love poets),...
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After
the Latin-language religious music had lead for centuries, in the 12th
century to the 14th centuries, minnesingers (love poets), singing in
German, and spread over German. Minnesingers were aristocrats travelling from
court who had become artists, and their work left behind a vast body of
literature, Minnelieder. The following two centuries saw the minnesinger
replaced by middle class Meistersingers, who were often master craftsmen in
their main profession, and whose music (meistergesang) was much more official
and rule based than that of the minnesingers. Minnesingers and Meistersingers
could be measured parallel of French troubadours and trouvere.
source of picture: theadvocate.com
Among
the minnesingers, Hermann, a monk from Salzurg, deserved special note. He
incorporated traditional patterns from the Alphine regions in his compositions.
He made some primitive ventures into polyphony as well. Walther von der
Vogeweide and Reinmar von Hagenau are probably the most popular minnesingers
from this era.
