The Monk of Salzburg (german: Mönch von Salzburg) was a German composer of the late 14th century. He worked at the court of the

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archbishop

Pilgrim von Puchheim Pilgrim von Puchheim ( – 5 April 1396) was Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg (as Pilgrim II) from 1365 until his death. From 1393 onwards, he also was administrator of the Berchtesgaden Provostry. Pilgrim is known as a patron of literature and music ...

(1365–96); more than 100 ''

Liederhandschrift ''Liederhandschrift'', German for ''Manuscript of the Songs'', is the German term for a manuscript containing lieder (songs) of the German Middle Ages, dating from the late 12th to the 15th centuries. Of particular importance are the Minnesang man ...

en'' (manuscripts) in

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are attributed to him. His name and monastic order is unknown; some of the introductions to the manuscript sources mention the names ''Herman'', ''Johans'', and ''Hanns'' and describe him as either

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or Dominican. Despite this confusion, all the manuscripts that contain his works "agree that he was a learned monk who wrote sacred and secular songs".Franz Viktor Spechtler
"Monk of Salzburg,"
''Grove Music Online'', Oxford Music Online. Retrieved 24 December 2011. His compositions overcome the ''

Minnesang (; "love song") was a tradition of lyric- and song-writing in Germany and Austria that flourished in the Middle High German period. This period of medieval German literature began in the 12th century and continued into the 14th. People who wr ...

'' traditions and even approach recent

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settings.

List of songs, ordered by
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* Maria keusche muter zart * Vor anegeng der sunne klar * Joseph, lieber nefe mein * Mein trost, Maria, raine mait * Besniten wirdigkleichen * Eia herre got, was mag das gesein

From the Sunday after
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* Ave, meres sterne * Maria pis gegrüsset * Des menschen liebhaber * Do got in dem throne sas * Maidleich pluem, der jungkfrawn kron * Von unnser vrawen mitleiden

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season

* Die nacht wirt schir des himels gast * Maria stuend mit swidem smerzen * Eia der grossen liebe * Kunig Christe, macher aller ding * Heiligs kreuz, ein paum gar aine * Schepher und weiser pist * Sälig sei der selden zeit * Aller werlde gelegenhait * Sig und säld ist zu bedewten * Christus erstuend mit siges van * Grüest seist, heiliger tag * Kum hochfeierliche zeit * Kum senfter trost heiliger geist * Kum her schepher heiliger geist * Kum heiliger geist

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to the end of the church year

* Herr, got allmechtig, drei person * Git in drivaldikait ainvalt * In gotes namen * Ave, lebendes oblat * Lobt all zungen des ernreichen * Lob, o Sion, deinen hailer * Das hell aufklimmen deiner diener stimmen * Uns kunden all zwelf poten gar * Muter guter sach die pest * Wir süllen loben all die raine * Magd hochgeporen * Freu dich Sion, das augangen

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songs

* Ave, Balsams Creatur * Pluom gezartet, ros an doren * Richer schatz der höchsten freuden * Ave, grüest pist, magtleich from * Ich gruss dich gerne * Salve grüest pist, mueter hailes * Got grüeß dich, meuter unsers herren * O Maria pia

Other songs

* Allmächtig got herr Jesu Christ * Christe du bis liecht und der tag * O du selige drifaltikait

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from ''Key figures in medieval Europe'' {{Authority control 14th-century composers Medieval male composers German classical composers German male classical composers

List of songs, ordered by liturgical calendar The liturgical year, also called the church year, Christian year or kalendar, consists of the cycle of liturgical seasons in Christian churches that determines when feast days, including celebrations of saints, are to be observed, and which ...