music.wikisort.org - Poet

Search / Calendar

Heinrich Frauenlob (between 1250 and 1260 – 29 November 1318), sometimes known as Henry of Meissen (Heinrich von Meißen), was a Middle High German poet, a representative of both the Sangspruchdichtung and Minnesang genres. He was one of the most celebrated poets of the late medieval period, venerated and imitated well into the 15th century.

Meister Frauenlob in the Codex Manesse
Meister Frauenlob in the Codex Manesse

Biography


Frauenlob was born in the town of Meissen in Saxony. He had great musical talents and probably held a court position in Prague at the beginning of his career. After several years wandering as a minstrel in the service of various patrons, he is said to have established the first school of the meistersingers at Mainz, although no documentary evidence confirms that early tradition.

The stage name Frauenlob (Middle High German Vrowenlop), meaning "praise of ladies", is said to have been given to him as the result of a poetic contest with the poet-minstrel Regenbogen, in which he maintained that the term frau "lady, high-born woman" was superior to the term weib "woman, adult female". But it has been shown that he already had the nickname when quite young, before the contest could have taken place.[1]

The women of Mainz are said to have carried his bier to the cathedral in appreciation of his lifelong, chivalrous devotion to their sex. His tomb was restored in 1783 by women during the "Werther" period of German literature, and the women of Mainz erected a monument to his memory near his tomb in 1842. In 1892 German composer Reinhold Becker (1842–1924) wrote an opera about an episode in the poet's life.[2]


Works


Frauenlob was one of the most influential German poets of the 14th century, his contemporary reception being equalled only by Walther von der Vogelweide. His works are extant in numerous manuscripts, and his style was widely imitated still in the 15th century, so that it is in many cases impossible to decide on the authenticity of a given work. His minnelied Alle Freude verlässt mich was adapted in Czech by Záviš von Zap in c. 1400.

Counted among his works are thirteen minnelieder and three long strophic poems: the Frauenleich (also known as the Marienleich), the Minneleich (Lay of Love), and the Kreuzleich (Lay of the Cross). His best-known work, the Marienleich, is a poem about the Celestial Woman of the Apocalypse, who is conflated with the Virgin Mary, divine Wisdom, and the beloved woman of the Song of Songs. Frauenlob also composed a dispute between Minne and the World and a large number of Sangsprüche (estimates ranging at around 300 poems in 15 known melodies). Frauenlob is among the last major representatives of late medieval Spruchdichtung. Tervooren (2001) sees the very popularity of Frauenlob as the culmination and end-point of the genre, after which it ceased to innovate, easing into imitation and written tradition.[3] An edition of his poems was published by Ettmüller in 1843, superseded by the 2-volume Göttingen edition by Karl Stackmann (Leichs, Sangsprüche, Lieder) in 1981.

The Frauenleich with its surviving music was performed by the ensemble Sequentia in 1990. A CD of that performance is available with the English translation and a thorough, learned introduction by Barbara Newman, published in 2006.[4]


Notes


  1. Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Heinrich von Meissen" . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
  2. Reinhold Beckers Leben. Seine Werke. Verzeichnis der Werke (Dresden, 1932)
  3. Helmut Tervooren, Sangspruchdichtung', Metzler, Stuttgart 2001.
  4. Rozenski, Steven (2008), "Review of Frauenlob's Song of Songs: A Medieval German Poet and his Masterpiece", Mystics Quarterly, 34, JSTOR 20716571

References



Further reading





На других языках


- [en] Heinrich Frauenlob

[es] Heinrich von Meissen

Heinrich Frauenlob, también conocido como Enrique de Meissen (Heinrich von Meissen) fue un poeta alemán nacido entre 1250[1]y 1260 y fallecido el 29 de noviembre de 1318. Nacido en Meissen, el apodo Frauenlob parece significar alabanza de la mujer o alabanza de la Virgen.

[fr] Heinrich Frauenlob

Heinrich von Meißen, appelé Frauenlob est un poète allemand du Moyen Âge né à Meißen entre 1250 et 1260 et mort à Mayence le 29 novembre 1318. Il est un Meistersinger influent en langue populaire allemande. Le nom Frauenlob ou Frouwenlop signifie « louange à la dame » ou « prière à la dame », et la « frouwe » qui est honorée est certainement Marie. Il peut avoir son origine dans le célèbre poème Marienleich dont il est l'auteur.



Текст в блоке "Читать" взят с сайта "Википедия" и доступен по лицензии Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike; в отдельных случаях могут действовать дополнительные условия.

Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.

2019-2025
WikiSort.org - проект по пересортировке и дополнению контента Википедии