"Vogelweide" redirects here. For other uses, see Vogelweide (disambiguation).
In this medieval name, the personal name is Walther and von der Vogelweide is an appellation or descriptor. There is no family name.
Portrait of Walther von der Vogelweide from the Codex Manesse (Folio 124r)
Part of a series on
Medieval music
Overview
Composers / Instruments / Theory (Theorists)
Movements and schools
Saint Gall
Saint Martial
Goliard
Ars antiqua
Notre-Dame school
Troubadour
Trouvère
Minnesang
Ars nova
Trecento
Ars subtilior
Major figures
Notker
Guido
Hildegard
Bernart
Walther
Pérotin
Adam de la Halle
Franco
Vitry
Machaut
Landini
Ciconia
Dunstaple
Major forms
Canso
Conductus
Formes fixes
Ballade
Rondeau
Virelai
Geisslerlied
Gregorian chant
Lai
Lauda
Liturgical drama
Madrigal
Motet
Organum
Planctus
Renaissance music →
v
t
e
Walther von der Vogelweide (Modern German pronunciation:[ˈvaltɐfɔndeːɐ̯ˈfoːɡl̩vaɪdə];[needs Middle High German IPA] 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;[1] his hundred or so love-songs are widely regarded as the pinnacle of Minnesang, the medieval German love lyric, and his innovations breathed new life into the tradition of courtly love. He was also the first political poet to write in German, with a considerable body of encomium, satire, invective, and moralising.
Little is known about Walther's life. He was a travelling singer who performed for patrons at various princely courts in the states of the Holy Roman Empire. He is particularly associated with the Babenberg court in Vienna. Later in life he was given a small fief by the future Holy Roman Emperor, Frederick II.
His work was widely celebrated in his time and in succeeding generations—for the Meistersingers he was a songwriter to emulate—and this is reflected in the exceptional preservation of his work in 32 manuscripts from all parts of the High German area. The largest single collection is found in the Codex Manesse, which includes around 90% of his known songs. However, most Minnesang manuscripts preserve only the texts, and only a handful of Walther's melodies survive.
Notable songs include the love-song "Under der linden", the contemplative "Elegy", and the religious Palästinalied, for which the melody has survived.
^Brunner 2012, p. back cover.
and 25 Related for: Walther von der Vogelweide information
WalthervonderVogelweide (Modern German pronunciation: [ˈvaltɐ fɔn deːɐ̯ ˈfoːɡl̩vaɪdə];[needs Middle High German IPA] c. 1170 – c. 1230) was a Minnesänger...
Competition is held in the auditorium. Haus der Kultur WalthervonderVogelweide (Culture house WalthervonderVogelweide), is a theater that presents a majority...
German Minnesinger Dietmar von Aist (died c. 1170), to Heinrich von Morungen (died c. 1222), to WalthervonderVogelweide (died c. 1228), and to Neidhart...
highest inspiration is WalthervonderVogelweide. Nevertheless, he is one of the more individual of Vogelweide's followers and Carl von Kraus reckoned his...
1210) WalthervonderVogelweide Wolfram von Eschenbach Later Minnesang Reinmar von Brennenberg Regenbogen Friedrich von Sonnenburg Gottfried von Neifen...
Apes films. His live comedy improv skit under the character of "WalthervonderVogelweide" was influential with two generations of comic performers. Born...
known to have patronized other literary figures, such as WalthervonderVogelweide and Thomasin von Zirclaere. The attention paid to Bishop Pilgrim, who...
century) 122r: Herr Heinrich von Rugge [de] (f 1170s) 124r: Herr WalthervonderVogelweide c. 1170 – c. 1230) 146r: Herr Hiltbolt von Schwangau [de] (fl. 1221–1254)...
works of writers such as WalthervonderVogelweide and Wolfram von Eschenbach. Well-known German authors include Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Friedrich Schiller...
from this period are Léonin, Pérotin, Guillaume de Machaut, and WalthervonderVogelweide. Renaissance music (c. 1400 to 1600) was more focused on secular...
Aquitaine; Minnesänger Gottfried von Strassburg, Hartmann von Aue, Reinmar von Hagenau and WalthervonderVogelweide; and trouvère Adam de la Halle, Blondel...
Ages, with the most notable authors of the period being WalthervonderVogelweide and Wolfram von Eschenbach. The Nibelungenlied, whose author remains unknown...
century. The term der Weise was accordingly used in Middle High German, including in the political verse of WalthervonderVogelweide, as a metonym for...
Lied von Hildebrand und des Weissenbrunner Gebet (Kassel, 1812) Altdeutsche Wälder (Kassel, Frankfurt, 1813–1816, 3 vols.) *Der arme Heinrich von Hartmann...
regarded by his contemporaries as the greatest Minnesänger before WalthervonderVogelweide, a view widely shared by modern scholars. Although there are uncertainties...
Heinrich's challenge to the most famous singers like WalthervonderVogelweide, Reinmar von Zweter and Wolfram von Eschenbach in the presence of the Landgrave...
children: Walther, Freiherr von Goethe (1818–1885), Wolfgang, Freiherr von Goethe (1820–1883) and Alma von Goethe (1827–1844). Christiane von Goethe died...
Minstrels' Contest in which such Minnesänger as WalthervonderVogelweide, Wolfram von Eschenbach, Albrecht von Halberstadt (the translator of Ovid) and many...
S2CID 162142676. Germany, SPIEGEL ONLINE, Hamburg. "Die Geschichte der jungen Renate Fuchs von Jakob Wassermann - Text im Projekt Gutenberg". gutenberg.spiegel...
He made some primitive forays into polyphony as well. WalthervonderVogelweide and Reinmar von Hagenau are probably the most famous minnesingers from...
philosophical writer. His unfinished novel, The Man Without Qualities (German: Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften), is generally considered to be one of the most important...
Global Information