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Elegie (Walther Von Der Vogelweide)
"Elegie" is a poem written by the German lyric poet Walther von der Vogelweide. It is written in Middle High German and is a lament to the passage of the years. Text Full poem: :1. Owê, war sint verswunden alliu mîniu jâr! :ist mir mîn leben getroumet, oder ist ez wâr? :daz ich ie wânde, daz iht wære, was daz iht? :dar nâch hân ich geslâfen und enweiz ez niht. :nû bin ich erwachet und ist mir unbekant, :daz mir hie vor was kündic als mîn ander hant. :liute unde lant, danne ich von kinde bin gezogen, :die sint mir worden frömde als ob ez sî gelogen. :die mîne gespilen wâren, die sint traege und alt. :bereitet ist daz velt, verhouwen ist der walt. :wan daz daz wazzer fliuzet als ez wîlent flôz, :für wâr, ich wânde, mîn ungelücke wurde grôz. :mich grüezet maniger trâge, der mich bekande :ê wol. diu werlt ist allenthalben ungenaden vol. :als ich gedenke an manigen wunneclîchen tac, :die mir sint enphallen als in daz mer ein slac: :iemer mêre owê! :2. Ow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Codex Manesse Walther Von Der Vogelweide
The codex (plural codices ) was the historical ancestor of the modern book. Instead of being composed of sheets of paper, it used sheets of vellum, papyrus, or other materials. The term ''codex'' is often used for ancient manuscript books, with handwritten contents. A codex, much like the modern book, is bound by stacking the pages and securing one set of edges by a variety of methods over the centuries, yet in a form analogous to modern bookbinding. Modern books are divided into paperback or softback and those bound with stiff boards, called hardbacks. Elaborate historical bindings are called treasure bindings. At least in the Western world, the main alternative to the paged codex format for a long document was the continuous scroll, which was the dominant form of document in the Ancient history, ancient world. Some codices are continuously folded like a concertina, in particular the Maya codices and Aztec codices, which are actually long sheets of paper or animal skin folded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walther Von Der Vogelweide
Walther von der Vogelweide (c. 1170c. 1230) was a Minnesänger who composed and performed love-songs and political songs (" Sprüche") in Middle High German. Walther has been described as the greatest German lyrical poet before Goethe; his hundred or so love-songs are widely regarded as the pinnacle of Minnesang, the medieval German love lyric, and his innovations breathed new life into the tradition of courtly love. He was also the first political poet to write in German, with a considerable body of encomium, satire, invective, and moralising. Little is known about Walther's life. He was a travelling singer who performed for patrons at various princely courts in the states of the Holy Roman Empire. He is particularly associated with the Babenberg court in Vienna. Later in life he was given a small fief by the future Holy Roman Emperor, Frederick II. His work was widely celebrated in his time and in succeeding generations—for the Meistersingers he was a songwriter to emulate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Middle High German
Middle High German (MHG; german: Mittelhochdeutsch (Mhd.)) is the term for the form of German spoken in the High Middle Ages. It is conventionally dated between 1050 and 1350, developing from Old High German and into Early New High German. High German is defined as those varieties of German which were affected by the Second Sound Shift; the Middle Low German and Middle Dutch languages spoken to the North and North West, which did not participate in this sound change, are not part of MHG. While there is no ''standard'' MHG, the prestige of the Hohenstaufen court gave rise in the late 12th century to a supra-regional literary language (') based on Swabian, an Alemannic dialect. This historical interpretation is complicated by the tendency of modern editions of MHG texts to use ''normalised'' spellings based on this variety (usually called "Classical MHG"), which make the written language appear more consistent than it actually is in the manuscripts. Scholars are uncertain as to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Under Der Linden
"Under der linden" is a well-known poem written by the medieval German lyric poet Walther von der Vogelweide Walther von der Vogelweide (c. 1170c. 1230) was a Minnesänger who composed and performed love-songs and political songs (" Sprüche") in Middle High German. Walther has been described as the greatest German lyrical poet before Goethe; his hundr .... It is written in Middle High German. The song may have originally been sung to the surviving melody of an old French song, which matches the meter of the poem. Manuscripts and melody The four strophes of the song are preserved in only two manuscripts: * The Weingarten Manuscript * The Manesse Codex Neither manuscript contains melodies, and the melody of the song is therefore unknown. The melody of an anonymous Old French folk song "En mai au douz tens novels" fits the metre of the lyric, suggesting that "Under der linden" might be a contrafactum of a French original. Text Full Poem: See also * ''Palästinalied'' * "El ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palästinalied
The ''Palästinalied'' ("Palestine Song") is a crusade song written in the early 13th century by Walther von der Vogelweide, the most celebrated lyric poet of Middle High German literature. It is one of the few songs by Walther for which a melody has survived. The melody has been suggested to be a contrafactum of 12th-century troubadour Jaufre Rudel's song "Lanquan li jorn". The ''Palästinalied'' was written at the time of the Fifth Crusade (1217–1221). Its oldest attestation is in the ''Kleine Heidelberger Liederhandschrift'' (ms. A, ca. 1270), in seven stanzas. The oldest source for the melody is the so-called Münster fragment (ms. Z, 14th century). Münster, Landesarchiv Nordrhein-Westfalen / Staatsarchiv, Msc. VII, 51, dated to c. 1330 (related to ''Jenaer Liederhandschrift''). Discovered in 1910 as binding of an economic ledger of 1522thulb.uni-jena.de Ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
