For five hundred years after Walther's death – until Goethe… - Walther von der Vogelweide

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For five hundred years after Walther's death – until Goethe – no German lyric poet was his equal.

Walther von der Vogelweide

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Walther von der Vogelweide (c. 1170 – c. 1230) was a German Minnesinger: a lyric poet and musician who wrote in Middle High German. His most famous song is "Under der linden".

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Native Name: Walter von der Vogelweide

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Those who drown out the good singing –
there's many more of them
than those who want to hear it.

Liebe machet schoene wîp:
desn mac diu schoene niht getuon, sin machet niemer lieben lîp.

Alas, where have they gone to, year on weary year?
Was it all a dream then, my life's, my love's career?

For five hundred years after Walther's death – until Goethe – no German lyric poet was his equal. - Walther von der Vogelweide

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