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Definition of Meistersingers

Meistersinger
Meistersinger Meis"ter*sing`er, n. [G.] See Mastersinger.

Meaning of Meistersingers from wikipedia

- 14th, 15th and 16th centuries. The Meistersingers were drawn from middle class males for the most part. The Meistersinger maintained and developed the traditions...
- Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (German: [diː ˈmaɪstɐˌzɪŋɐ fɔn ˈnʏʁnbɛːɐk]; "The Master-Singers of Nuremberg"), WWV 96, is a music drama, or opera, in...
- choruses), reintroducing them into his last few stage works, including Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremberg) and Parsifal. To properly...
- interpreted. The Meistersingers' "Hof- oder Wendelweise" is Walther's "Wiener Hofton", Waz wunders in der werlde vert! (L20,16; C 10) The Meistersingers' "Feiner...
- this so far remains legendary, as the story has not been confirmed. Meistersinger Michael Beheim wrote a lengthy poem about Vlad's deeds, allegedly based...
- The term is a calque from a German word for bridge, Steg, used by the Meistersingers of the 15th to the 18th century to describe a transitional section in...
- following two centuries saw the Minnesinger replaced by middle-class Meistersinger, who were often master craftsmen in their main profession, whose music...
- dedicated to artistic performance in music, song and poetry; the German meistersingers were similar, though typically imitating trade guilds in form. Starting...
- remarkable in the history of German literature as the spot where the Meistersingers lingered longest, orally preserving the traditional folklore of their...
- never-repeated notes starting the B section would have been called a Steg by the Meistersingers: literally, "bridge"; whence comes the term for a contrasting section...