Palästinalied
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The Palästinalied is a Medieval song written in the early 13th century by Walther von der Vogelweide, the most celebrated lyric poet of Middle High German literature. It is one of the few songs by Wal
Portrait of Walther von der Vogelweide from the Codex Manesse (ms. C, fol. 124r)
Transcription of the melody in the Münster fragment (Jostes 1912).
Middle High German literature is literature written in German between the middle of the 11th century and the middle of the 14th. In the second half of the 12th century, there was a sudden intensificat
Palästinalied
…Palästinalied ("Palestine Song") is a Medieval song written in the early 13th century by Walther von der Vogelweide, the most celebrated lyric poet of Middle High German literature. It is one of the few songs by Walther for which a melody has survived. The melody has been suggested to be a contrafactum of 12th-century troubadour…
The Minnesänger Reinmar von Zweter dictates to a scribe (Codex Manesse, fol. 323r)
The first page of Hartmann von Aue's Iwein in the 14th century Florence manuscript (D), fol. 142r
Lyrics by Hartmann von Aue in the Weingarten Manuscript (c.1310), fol 20v.