Meistersinger

Hans Sachs, leader of a famous 16th-century Meistersinger school in Nuremberg

A Meistersinger (German for "master singer") was a member of a German guild for lyric poetry, composition and unaccompanied art song of the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries. The Meistersingers were drawn from middle class males for the most part.


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