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Meistersinger
[ mahy-ster-sing-er, -zing- ]
Meistersinger
/ ˈmaɪstəˌsɪŋə /
noun
- 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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Origin of Meistersinger1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Meistersinger1
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Example Sentences
I particularly want to see Nuremburg on account of its being the scene of the Meistersinger.
It was from his life Wagner wrote the opera of the "Meistersinger."
I remember seeing him write upon his cuffs (no doubt some passing theme) during a performance of Meistersinger he was conducting.
Only Die Meistersinger rivals it in merriment, though even there one does not find such a nice balance of poetry and music.
The heaviness of the last pages of Siegfried recalls Die Meistersinger, which is also of that period.
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