A German lyric poet and singer of the 12th–14th centuries, who performed songs of courtly love.
Example sentencesExamples
- The presence of foreign musicians from the 12th century onwards is a sign that the music of the troubadours and the German Minnesinger was cultivated by the court.
- Meistersingers were the successors of the German Minnesingers.
- When singing, the Minnesingers accompanied themselves with either the lute or the harp.
- In fact Neidhart was the only Minnesinger whose music was printed during the Renaissance.
- The music here is traditional, and is performed the way the Minnesingers wrote it - history was kind to their songs, and many survived to this day.