Walther Von Der Vogelweide
Who is Walther Von Der Vogelweide
Walther von der Vogelweide (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 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 lif...
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Walther Von Der Vogelweide Poems
- I Thought I'd Served Her Long Enough
I thought I'd served her long enough,
and sat dejected and confused
despairing of the lady's love,
when something gave my hopes a boost.
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- A Mournful One Am I
A mournful one am I, above whose head
A day of perfect bliss hath never past;
Whatever joys my soul have ravished,
Soon was the radiance of those joys o'ercast.
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- Under Der Linden
Under der linden
an der heide,
dâ unser zweier bette was,
dâ muget ir vinden
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- Up, Then, Dance We To The Song
Up, then, dance we to the song,
Care, for ever be thou gone!
Firm at length shall be my step,
High again my spirit leap!...
- Address To Emperor Frederic Ii.
Fain (could it be) would I a home obtain,
And warm me by a hearth-side of my own.
Then, then, I'd sing about the sweet birds' strain,
And fields and flowers, as I have whilome done;
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Comments about Walther Von Der Vogelweide
- Fengler_paul: doch was der schanden alse vil,
dô ich dˆın hinden wart gewar, daz ich dich iemer schelten wil."
these lines by walther von der vogelweide, taken from the so-called
"farewell to the world" is what researchers see as the first appearance of the two-page woman world
- Fengler_paul: in his songs, walther von der vogelweide developed an alternative to the ideal of high minne, which had long dominated minnesong. a good example of this is the minstrelsy "under der linden", which tells of the love union of an equal couple in nature. (...)
- Jamesblackmgt: hear egor zhuravskii as walther von der vogelweide in the royal opera’s production of tannhäuser broadcast from 1830 on bbc radio 3 this evening and then streaming on iplayer.
- Based_zoomer20: after the assassination of dollfuss, il duce ordered the replacing in the main square of bolzano the statue of walther von der vogelweide, a germanic troubadour, with that of nero claudius drusus germanicus, a roman general who conquered part of germania
1930s shade
- Bednar56gfl: "a chantar" songs of women - courtly love in the middle ages: works by walther von der vogelweide / oswald von wolkenstein / enxtcvz
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