Spruchdichtung
Sign in to savethumb|Jenaer Liederhandschrift, fol. 111v, with the melody of Meister Boppe's Spruch "O hoer vnde starker almechtiger got" Spruchdichtung or Sangspruchdichtung is the German term for a genre of Middle High German sung verse. An individual work in this genre is called a Spruch (plural Sprüche), literally a "saying", and may consist of one or more strophes.
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thumb|Jenaer Liederhandschrift, fol. 111v, with the melody of Meister Boppe's Spruch "O hoer vnde starker almechtiger got" Spruchdichtung or Sangspruchdichtung is the German term for a genre of Middle High German sung verse. An individual work in this genre is called a Spruch (plural Sprüche), literally a "saying", and may consist of one or more strophes.
While closely associated with the lyric genre Minnesang, its theme is not love, but rather
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