Meistersinger

American  

[mahy-ster-sing-er, -zing-] / ˈmaɪ stərˌsɪŋ ər, -ˌzɪŋ- /

noun

PLURAL

Meistersinger, Meistersingers

1. Also a member of one of the guilds, chiefly of workingmen, established during the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries in the principal cities of Germany, for the cultivation of poetry and music.

2. (italics)  Die an opera (1867) by Richard Wagner.

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Meistersinger British  

/ ˈmaɪstəˌsɪŋə /

noun

1. a member of one of the various German guilds of workers or craftsmen organized to compose and perform poetry and music. These flourished in the 15th and 16th centuries

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Etymology

Origin of Meistersinger

1835–45; < German: master singer

Example Sentences

In his most recent Met assignments — as a futilely disempowered Wotan in the “Ring” cycle and a salt-of-the-earth Hans Sachs in “Die Meistersinger” — Volle has shown himself to be a Wagnerian of long, graceful focus.

From New York Times

In “Meistersinger,” why then preserve the ending, when the kindly cobbler Hans Sachs suddenly, grimly warns of foreign encroachments on the country and its “holy German art,” a call taken up with rally-style fervor by the crowd?

From New York Times

Several stagings — including Stefan Herheim’s “Parsifal” and Barrie Kosky’s “Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg” — have dealt explicitly with Wagner’s and the festival’s political legacy.

From New York Times

In the finale, the character studies on parade — think of the presentation of the guilds in Wagner’s “Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg,” or the Munchkins performing for Dorothy in “The Wizard of Oz” — were by turns silky, burly, playfully flutey, peppery, worried, dainty and subdued.

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Grohs recalled playing Wagner’s very long “Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg” under Thielemann: “After finishing with these six hours, I was like, come on, let’s do it again from the beginning. Because it’s so natural, the way he conducts. It’s floating. You never feel forced, and you never feel stiff.”

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