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What Luther did instead was adopt the “bar form” developed by medieval meistersingers.

From New York Times • Nov. 23, 2017

His majesty left sword and sceptre to those who cared for such baubles, and employed himself in banding together the most notable company of meistersingers that Germany had ever listened to.

From The Strong Arm by Barr, Robert

The little birds furnish the chorus or the undertone of song, the hedge-sparrows, redbreasts, and chaffinches, but the meistersingers 'call the tune,' and lead the feathered orchestra with clear and certain notes.

From Penelope's Irish Experiences by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith