Minnesingers
Minnesinger - mĭnˈĭsĭngˌər, a medieval German knight, poet, and singer of Minne, or courtly love. Originally imitators of Provençal troubadours, minnesingers developed their own style in the 13th and 14th cent. Some of their poems are among the best of Middle High German lyric verse. Important exponents of Minnesang included Heinrich von Morungen Read More...
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Critical and Historical Essays: Lectures Delivered at Columbia University (1912) (Chap. XII "The Troubadours, Minnesingers and Mastersingers")
by Edward MacDowell, W. J. Baltzell. 282 pgs.
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Literary Patronage in the Middle Ages (1923) (Chap. III "Troubadours, Trouveres, and Minnesingers")
by Karl Julius Holzknecht. 260 pgs.
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Medieval German Literature ("The Minnesang" begins on p. 224)
by Marion E. Gibbs, Sidney M. Johnson. 458 pgs.
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Medusa's Mirror: Studies in German Literature (Chap. II "Minnesang and Its Spiritual Background")
by August Closs. 262 pgs.
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Ars Nova and the Renaissance, 1300-1540 ("The Minnesang of the Later Middle Ages" begins on p. 359)
by Dom Anselm Hughes, Gerald Abraham. 574 pgs.
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A History of Music (1935) (Discussion of Minnesingers begins on p. 82)
by Theodore M. Finney. 635 pgs.
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Early Medieval Music, up to 1300 (Discussion of Minnesingers begins on p. 252)
by Dom Anselm Hughes. 438 pgs.
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