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minnesinger
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min·ne·sing·er  (mn-sngr, -zng-)
n.
One of the German lyric poets and singers in the troubadour tradition who flourished from the 12th to the 14th century.
[German, from Middle High German : minne, love (from Old High German minna; see men-1 in Indo-European roots) + singer, singer; see Meistersinger.]
minnesinger [ˈmɪnɪˌsɪŋə]
n
(Literature / Poetry) one of the German lyric poets and musicians of the 12th to 14th centuries
[from German: love-singer]
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Poetry, Knape observes, did not provide an item of analysis and discussion until the seventeenth century, when Martin Opitz, following Latin and French models, established a framework for literary creation and criticism that definitively supplanted the native, non-written tradition of the Meistersinger, whose practices were rooted in medieval Minnesang.
Poetik und Rhetorik in Deutschland 1300-1700 by Butler, Erik / Renaissance Quarterly
German minnesang was directly inspired by the music of the North French troubadours.
The music of the Bohemian Middle Ages by Matousek, Lukas / Czech Music
It is behind Dante and Petrarch, Boccaccio and Machaut, the dolce stil Nuovo, Minnesang, and English and German romance.
Chaucer's Miller's Tale and Reeve's Tale, Boccaccio's Decameron, and ... by Heffernan, Carol Falvo / Italica
 
 
 
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