Minnesang

Minnesinger a German lyric poet and singer of the 12th–14th centuries, who performed songs of courtly love. The name comes (in the early 19th century) from German Minnesinger 'love-singer'.

The history of German Minnesang begins in the middle of the 12th century and reaches its heyday in the so-called Staufer Classic, the period between 1170 and 1220/30; the phase of the late Minnesang lasts from around the middle of the 13th century until about 1350.

In the usage of these poets themselves, the term Minnesang denoted only songs dealing with courtly love (Minne); it has come to be applied to the entire poetic-musical body, Sprüche (political, moral, and religious song) as well as Minnesang.

The troubadours and trouveres came from diverse background such as merchants, craftsmen, or jongleurs, yet was favored like into the aristocratic lifestyle. On the other hand, the Minnesingers reflected their songs from the Middle High German in the German language. The Minnesingers were from the knights and nobles.

A German lyric poet and singer of the 12th–14th centuries, who performed songs of courtly love. The name comes (in the early 19th century) from German Minnesinger 'love-singer'.

The Minnesinger were professional musicians, often of noble birth; most of the Meistersinger, on the other hand, were musical amateurs who earned their living as tradespeople.

The Minnesänger were similar to the Provençal troubadours and northern French trouvères in that they wrote love poetry in the tradition of courtly love in the High Middle Ages.

The Minnesingers movement developed mainly in southern Germany, in an area containing Swabia, Bavaria, Tyrol, and Upper Austria, whose base extends eastward from Strasbourg or Basle on the Upper Rhine to Vienna. Renowned centres were Freiburg in the west, Vienna in the east, and several other cities in Thuringia.

Trouvère refers to poet-composers who were roughly contemporary with and influenced by the trobadors, both composing and performing lyric poetry during the High Middle Ages, but while the trobadors composed and performed in Old Occitan, the trouvères used the northern dialects of France.

The Minnesingers movement developed mainly in southern Germany, in an area containing Swabia, Bavaria, Tyrol, and Upper Austria, whose base extends eastward from Strasbourg or Basle on the Upper Rhine to Vienna.

plural meistergesänge. -ˌzeŋə often capitalized. 1. : one of the songs of the meistersinger consisting of strophic mechanical verse usually didactic or religious in nature and composed according to strict rules to fit a few traditional monophonic melodies.

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