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Minnesinger logo #10101) Poet
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minnesinger logo #22641medieval troubadour or poet
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Minnesinger

Minnesinger logo #21002• (n.) A love-singer; specifically, one of a class of German poets and musicians who flourished from about the middle of the twelfth to the middle of the fourteenth century. They were chiefly of noble birth, and made love and beauty the subjects of their verses.
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minnesinger logo #21003any of certain German poet-musicians of the 12th and 13th centuries. In the usage of these poets themselves, the term Minnesang denoted only songs ... [12 related articles]
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Minnesinger

Minnesinger logo #20972Min'ne·sing`er noun [ G., from minne love + singen to sing.] A love-singer; specifically, one of a class of German poets and musicians who flourished from about the middle of the twelfth to the middle of the fourteenth century. They were chiefly of noble birth, and made love and beauty the ...
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Minnesinger

Minnesinger logo #21217The minnesingers or minnesanger were a class of German lyric poets of the 12th and 13th centuries, so called from love being the chief theme of their verse. They consisted almost exclusively of men of aristocratic birth, the most prominent names being Wolfram von Eschenbach, Gottfried von Strassburg, Hartmann von der Aue, and Walther von der Vogelw...
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Minnesinger

Minnesinger logo #21221Any of a group of 12th- to 14th-century German lyric poets and musicians. They represent a continuation of the French troubadour tradition, their songs dealing mainly with the theme of courtly love, but their musical and literary styles diverged. Many were of noble birth, unlike the later Meistersingers (German `master singers`) w...
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