"Do you remember Ailred of Zurich, the minnesinger?". From Wordnik.com. [The Truce of God A Tale of the Eleventh Century] Reference
"But -- I cannot leave Humbert," said the youth, pointing to the frightened minnesinger. From Wordnik.com. [The Truce of God A Tale of the Eleventh Century] Reference
He played upon the harp with more than common skill, and could personate the regular minnesinger to perfection. From Wordnik.com. [The Truce of God A Tale of the Eleventh Century] Reference
"Humbert!" exclaimed the youth, in a searching whisper, "would you like to play the minnesinger in this storm?". From Wordnik.com. [The Truce of God A Tale of the Eleventh Century] Reference
It was a little out of character for the minnesinger to carry his own instrument when a harp-bearer was so near at hand. From Wordnik.com. [The Truce of God A Tale of the Eleventh Century] Reference
While the minnesinger and the noble were exchanging compliments, Gilbert kept a respectful distance, supporting the harp. From Wordnik.com. [The Truce of God A Tale of the Eleventh Century] Reference
Holm followed as best he could and got in many a splendid howl, though as a minnesinger he held no brief for his own powers. From Wordnik.com. [The Road Leads On] Reference
Rudolf of Ems (a minnesinger, thirteenth century). From Wordnik.com. [Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook] Reference
From them the tale passed into the hands of the German minnesinger. From Wordnik.com. [A Book of Operas Their Histories, Their Plots, and Their Music] Reference
During the rule of Abbot Bertold I (1206-1217) the great minnesinger. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon] Reference
A German minnesinger of the twelfth century, surnamed in the MSS. der. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss] Reference
A Middle High German epic poet and minnesinger; died between 1210 and. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability] Reference
In Northern France the poet was called a trouvere, in Provence a troubadour, in Germany a minnesinger. From Wordnik.com. [Song and Legend from the Middle Ages] Reference
She had decoyed into her power the noble knight Tannhäuser, the minnesinger, from the musical circle of Wartburg. From Wordnik.com. [The Sand-Hills of Jutland] Reference
A portrait of Reinmar, the minnesinger, has come down to us with a manuscript now contained in the National Library at Paris. From Wordnik.com. [A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present] Reference
He's the modern substitute for the mediaeval minnesinger, "he added," a sort of father confessor -- and the women like to talk to him!. From Wordnik.com. [Harriet and the Piper] Reference
In an ancient manuscript in the National Library of Paris there is a picture of Heinrich of Meissen, the minnesinger (born 1260), conducting. From Wordnik.com. [Some Forerunners of Italian Opera] Reference
Here rang out the joyous conversation, interspersed with the Latin epithalamium of some impromptu poet, or the fescennine verses of a German minnesinger. From Wordnik.com. [Pater Peter. English.] Reference
'For,' says the minnesinger, 'what ornament more enchants us on a young beauty than the soft slumber of a strength never yet called forth, and that herself knows not of!. From Wordnik.com. [Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith] Reference
Her worshipful minstrel, her rascally minnesinger makes a great figure in this business! ". From Wordnik.com. [Swallow Barn, or A Sojourn in the Old Dominion. In Two Volumes. Vol. II.] Reference
Wolfram von Eschenbach, a minnesinger, took Guiot’s tale as the foundation of his poem (thirteenth century). From Wordnik.com. [Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3] Reference
Zurich, the minnesinger. From Wordnik.com. [The Truce of God A Tale of the Eleventh Century] Reference
A minnesinger -- lips apout. From Wordnik.com. [Poems] Reference
Otto von Botenlaube, minnesinger, 182. From Wordnik.com. [Jewish Literature and Other Essays] Reference
Reinmar von Brennenberg, minnesinger, 182. From Wordnik.com. [Jewish Literature and Other Essays] Reference
Hildebold von Schwanegau, minnesinger, 182. From Wordnik.com. [Jewish Literature and Other Essays] Reference
Walther von der Vogelweide, minnesinger, 182, 189. From Wordnik.com. [Jewish Literature and Other Essays] Reference
Wolfram von Eschenbach, minnesinger, 182, 185, 189. From Wordnik.com. [Jewish Literature and Other Essays] Reference
Roland "-- minnesinger Reinmar -- Heinrich Frauenlob -- minstrel harps -- Hans Sachs -- influence of these minstrel guilds. From Wordnik.com. [A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present] Reference
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