German minstrel singer (c. 1170 – c. 1230)
Walther von der Vogelweide was a German minstrel singer who lived around 1170 to 1230 and is considered one of the most important poets and musicians of the Middle Ages. His love songs, political verses, and other works had significant influence on German literature and culture during his time and beyond.
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Walther von der Vogelweide lived from 1170 to 1230. Belonging to the lower ranks of the nobility known as the ministerialis (etymological source of the word "minstrel"), he owned neither land nor title and traveled across the German lands, performing his songs for a living. In the middle of a civil war when Germany was torn into antagonistic states and factions, Walther dreamed of a united German realm under one Emperor, and many of his songs convey his vision of political harmony and idealism.
Portrait of Walther von der Vogelweide from the Codex Manesse (Folio 124r)
Walther von der Vogelweide ( Modern German pronunciation: [ˈvaltɐ fɔn deːɐ̯ ˈfoːɡl̩vaɪdə]; c. 1170 – c. 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 courtly love song tradition, and his innovations breathed new life into this genre. He was also the first political poet to write in German, with a considerable body of encomium, satire, invective, and moralising.
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