Meistersinger
Americannoun
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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.
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(italics) Die an opera (1867) by Richard Wagner.
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Etymology
Origin of Meistersinger
1835–45; < German: master singer
Example Sentences
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A staging of Wagner’s “Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg” in Karlsruhe, Germany, caught the attention of Katharina Wagner, the composer’s great-granddaughter, who runs the Bayreuth Festival.
From New York Times • Jul. 6, 2022
Stokowski heard him conduct Wagner’s “Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg” there, and offered to take him to Philadelphia.
From New York Times • May 14, 2021
John Ruskin described the comic opera “Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg” as “sapless, soulless, beginningless, endless, topless, bottomless.”
From Washington Post • Nov. 3, 2020
Excerpts from the opera “Die Meistersinger Von Nürnberg” were played at the Nuremberg rallies.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 25, 2020
The overture is quite beautiful; the second subject so attracted Wagner that he "pinched" it and put it into the Meistersinger.
From Shakespeare and Music by Wilson, Christopher
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