Guild of middle class poets and singers in the 14-16th Centuries
For Wagner's opera, see Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. For the watchmaker, see MeisterSinger (watchmaker).
Hans Sachs, leader of a famous 16th-century Meistersinger school in Nuremberg
A Meistersinger (German for "master singer") was a member of a German guild for lyric poetry, composition and unaccompanied art song of the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries. The Meistersingers were drawn from middle class males for the most part.
A Meistersinger (German for "master singer") was a member of a German guild for lyric poetry, composition and unaccompanied art song of the 14th, 15th...
some traditional forms into his last few stage works, including Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremberg). Until his final years...
Max Gülstorff and Gustav Fröhlich. It is based on the 1868 opera Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg by Richard Wagner. It was considered artistically unsuccessful...
was used. The best-known example today is Richard Wagner's opera Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (1868), where much of the plot is concerned with the hero's...
Hans Sachs (5 November 1494 – 19 January 1576) was a German Meistersinger ("mastersinger"), poet, playwright, and shoemaker. Hans Sachs was born in Nuremberg...
where he remained until 1961. He performed as David in Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg there. He made guest appearances at renowned opera houses...
similarly impromptu quality." In the Prelude to Richard Wagner's opera Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, three themes from the opera are combined simultaneously...
where she has performed leading roles including Eva in Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Elisabetta in Verdi's Don Carlo and Grete in Zemlinsky's...
Bayreuth, and was famous for his Wagnerian roles; his Hans Sachs in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, as performed in London in 1882, was magnificent. He created...
for Tristan und Isolde, and by 1862 he was making a fair copy of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. A social relationship developed, and during the summer...
(Verdi) Chevalier, Dialogues of the Carmelites (Poulenc) David, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Wagner) Il Duca di Mantova, Rigoletto (Verdi) Edgardo...
guilds of the Meistersingers flourished here. Richard Wagner made their most famous member, Hans Sachs, the hero of his opera Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg...
1462. Two years later, the Pope included them in his Commentaries. Meistersinger Michael Beheim wrote a lengthy poem about Vlad's deeds, allegedly based...
the pattern AAB. The term comes from the rigorous terminology of the Meistersinger guilds of the 15th to 18th century who used it to refer to their songs...
remarkable in the history of German literature as the spot where the Meistersingers lingered longest, orally preserving the traditional folklore of their...
Meistersinger von Nürnberg 1931: Der Ring des Nibelungen (the cycle without Das Rheingold) 1932: Lohengrin 1933: Tannhäuser 1934: Die Meistersinger von...
and in 1879 he attended performances of the entire Ring Cycle, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, and Tristan und Isolde. The influence of Wagner's music...
Empire Akademische Festouvertüre Arminius (Bruch) Germania (opera) Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Mathis der Maler Der Roland von Berlin Heil dir im Siegerkranz...
for twelve years, during which he wrote Tristan und Isolde and Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. By 1869, Wagner was living at Tribschen on Lake Lucerne...
leading to several public protests at the first performances of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. Wagner repeated similar views in later articles, such...
after the tradition of the Meistersinger (Master singers) in the town, which Wagner reflected in his opera Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. Completed in...
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