WALTHER VON DER VOGELWEIDE

välˈtər fən dĕr fōˈgəlvīˌdə, c.1170–c.1230, German minnesinger of noble birth, probably the finest lyric poet of medieval Germany. He wandered from court to court singing songs for which he wrote both words and music. In addition he was noted for his Sprüche, or maxims, which were frequently political.

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books on: Walther Von Der Vogelweide  - 227 results

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A Study in Austrian Intellectual History: From Late Baroque to Romanticism
Book by Robert A. Kann; Frederick A. Praeger, 1960
Subjects: Abraham A Sancta Clara--1644-1709, Austria--Civilization, Sonnenfels, Joseph Von--1733-1817
...164 Wagner, Franz, 38 Wagner von Wagenfels, Hans Jakob, 38; Ehrenruff...Albrecht, Duke of Friedland, 18 Walther von der Vogelweide, 92 Wars of Liberty, 1813-15...Alois: see Sonnenfels, Alois von Wiener, Joseph: see Sonnenfels...
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Charles V, Father of Europe
Book by Gertrude von Schwarzenfeld; Henry Regnery, 1957
Subjects: Charles--V--Holy Roman Emperor--1500-1558
...and through, said the German poet of that period, Walther von der Vogelweide. France was the cradle of chivalry, but in Germany...Christian ideal infused life. But as early as 1200, Walther von der Vogelweide found cause to mourn the decadence...
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Germany, France, Russia, & Islam
Book by Heinrich Von Treitschke; G. P. Putnams Sons, 1915
Subjects: Alsace-Lorraine Question, Eastern Question (Balkan), Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871, Germany--Politics And Government, Gustaf--Ii Adolf--King Of Sweden--1594-1632, Luther, Martin--1483-1546
...by human ties, and who despised not only the infinite happiness but also the sacred duties of married life. Walther von der Vogelweide, the greatest of our mediaeval poets, pondered sadly over this dark riddle, complaining that "One and the...
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The Reader's Encyclopedia: An Encyclopedia of World Literature and the Arts
Book by William Rose Benét; Thomas Y. Crowell, 1948
Subjects: Art--Dictionaries, Literature--Dictionaries, Music--Dictionaries
...identified with the Fauvists. Vogel, Henriette. See KLEIST, BERND HEINRICH WILHELM VON. Vogelweide, Walther von der, see WALTHER VON DER VOGELWEIDE. Vogler, Abt. See ABT VOGLER. Voisin, Gabriel 1880- . French pioneer manufacturer...
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Medieval German Literature
Book by Marion E. Gibbs, Sidney M. Johnson; Routledge, 2000
Subjects: German Literature--Middle High German, 1050-1500--History And Criticism, German Literature--Old High German, 750-1050--History And Criticism
...al., eds. Walther von der Vogelweide: Die gesamte...Gedichte Walthers von der Vogelweide...standard edition of Walther. Maurer, Friedrich...Walther von der Vogelweide...Ranawake, eds. Walther von der Vogelweide. Twelve Studies...
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journal articles on: Walther Von Der Vogelweide  - 9 results

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L. Peter Johnson, Geschichte der Deutschen Literatur Von Den Anfangen Bis Zum Beginn der Neuzeit, Vol. 2: Vom Hohen Zum Spaten Mittelalter, Part I: Die Hofische Literatur der Blutezeit 1160/70-1220/30
Journal article by Alan Robertshaw; Medium Aevum, Vol. 75, 2006
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Geschichte der deutschen Literatur von den Anfangen bis zum Beginn der Neuzeit, vol. 2 (Book)--Book reviews
...Peter Johnson, Geschichte der Deutschen Literatur Von Den Anfangen Bis Zum Beginn...Geschichte der deutschen Literatur von den Anfangen bis zum Beginn...their number, most notably Walther von der Vogelweide, Wolfram von Eschenbach, and...
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The Pit or the Pedestal? the Dichotomization of the Lady in Troubadour Lyric
Journal article by Gale Sigal; The Romanic Review, Vol. 84, 1993
Subjects: French poetry--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Troubadour songs--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Women--Portrayals, depictions, etc.
...24.) The Middle High German tageliet holds an especially revered position. Heinrich von Morungen, Walther von der Vogelweide, and Wolfram von Eschenbach--the three greatest Minnesinger who wrote around the year 1200-each composed...
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Aesthetics and Politics at the Song Contest in Wagner's Tannhaäuser
Journal article by Mary A. Cicora; Germanic Review, Vol. 67, 1992
Subjects: Germanic Philology
...Middle High German poem " Der Wartburgkrieg " starts...poetry, a genre which Walther von der Vogelweide raised to a new courtly...the Wartburg, Heinrich von Ofterdingen challenges...Austria. He is opposed by Walther von der Vogelweide...
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Shorter Notices
Journal article; Medium Aevum, Vol. 69, 2000
...Lieder aus Konig Alfreds Trostbuch: die Stabreimverse der altenglischen Boethius-Ubertragung, ed. and trans...Aussprache des Chaucer-Englischem ein Ubungsbuch auf der Grundlage des Prologs der Canterbury Tales (Heidelberg: C. Winter, 1998...
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The Politics of Historiography: The Memory of Bishops in Eleventh-Century Rouen
Journal article by Felice Lifshitz; History and Memory, Vol. 10, 1998
Subjects: Historiography, History, History--Philosophy
...over the erection of monuments to Walther von der Vogelweide and Dante Alighieri in the South Tyrol in 1889 and 1896. 13 Both Walther and Dante represented radically...saintly patrons as divergent as Walther and Dante were proposed by the...
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magazine articles on: Walther Von Der Vogelweide  - 3 results

 
 
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Old Made New: East Germany's Treasures Are Once Again a Delight to See
Magazine article by Jr. R.W. Apple; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 277, April 1997
Subjects: Art--Protection and preservation, Dresden, Germany, West Germany
...German and paving the way for the Reformation; and Walther von der Vogelweide, Germanys most famous minstrel, won a celebrated...and the quality of their installation--a fine Van der Weyden Visitation, a great Hals, a greater Durer...
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The Old Made New
Magazine article by Jr. R.W. Apple; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 277, April 1996
Subjects: East Germany--Description and travel, Travel--Personal narratives
...German and paving the way for the Reformation; and Walther von der Vogelweide, Germanys most famous minstrel, won a celebrated...and the quality of their installation--a fine Van der Weyden Visitation, a great Hals, a greater Durer...
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Wagner's Access to Minnesinger Melodies Prior to Completing Tannhäuser
Magazine article by Larry Bomback; Musical Times, Vol. 147, Autumn 2006
Subjects: Composers, Opera, Wagner, Richard (1813-83)
...poems of the real Der Tannhauser, we are...Friedrich Heinrich von der Hagens Minnesinger...Friedrich Heinrich von der Hagen (1780...included in Curt von Westernhagens 1966...Walter von der Vogelweide, and Biterolf...a textual level. Walther follows Tannhausers...


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newspaper articles on: Walther Von Der Vogelweide  - 1 result

 
 
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Botticelli's Secret Italy; Novelist Marina Fiorato Tours the Country's Finest Cities - on a Quest to Unravel a 600-Year-Old Mystery; in Milan, in Milan, Even the Even the Skeletons Skeletons Dress in Dress in Designer Designer Clothes Clothes
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), June 27, 2010
Subjects: Clothing, Clothing and dress, Novelists
...lovely Stadt cafe on the sunny side of the Piazza Walther, Im delighted that the first drink I have here is...hotelrimini.com. Albergo Hotel Greif, Piazza Walther Von Der Vogelweide 1, Bolzano, 0039 471 318 000. www.greif.it...


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encyclopedia articles on: Walther Von Der Vogelweide  - 3 results

 
 
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Walther Von Der Vogelweide
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
WALTHER VON DER VOGELWEIDE val t r f n der fo g lvi d , c.1170 c.1230, German minnesinger of noble birth, probably the finest lyric poet of medieval Germany. He wandered from court to court singing songs for which he wrote both words and...
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Minnesinger
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...the best of Middle High German lyric verse. Important exponents of Minnesang included Heinrich von Morungen, Walther von der Vogelweide, and Oswald von Wolkenstein, as well as Gottfried von Strassburg, Wolfram von Eschenbach, and other authors...
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Wartburg
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...was the scene in 1207 of the Sangerkrieg, a contest of minnesingers in which Heinrich von Ofterdingen, Wolfram von Eschenbach, and Walther von der Vogelweide, among others, took part and which Richard Wagner used (with some poetic license...


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