Oswald von Wolkenstein
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Oswald von Wolkenstein (born 1376 or 1377, possibly in the Puster (Pusteria) Valley; died August 2, 1445 in Merano) was a poet, a composer and a diplomat. In the latter capacity, he traveled, through all of Europe, even to Georgia, and was inducted into the Order of the Dragon.
He is one of the most important composers of the early German Renaissance, and his melodies are of high quality. There are three main topics of his work: travel, God and brothels.
Oswald's poems are preserved in three manuscripts:
- MS A (Vienna), 42 songs completed 1425, addition of another 66 poems 1427-1436.
- MS B (Innsbruck): 1432
- MS C (Innsbruck-Trostburg): 1450, copy of B.
Mss A and B were completed under the supervision of Oswald himself, and both contain a depiction of the author, qualifying as the earliest authentic depictions of a German author.
[edit] Editions
- [MS A] Oswald von Wolkenstein. Die Gedichte, ed. J. Schatz. 2nd ed. Göttingen 1904.
- [MS B] Die Lieder Oswalds von Wolkenstein, ed. K. K. Klein. 3rd ed. H. Moser, N. R. Wolf, N. Wolf, Tübingen 1987.
- [MS C] Die Gedichte Oswalds von Wolkenstein. Mit Einleitung, Wortbuch und Varianten, ed. B. Weber, Innsbruck 1847.
[edit] References
- Meinolf Schumacher: "Ein Kranz für den Tanz und ein Strich durch die Rechnung. Zu Oswald von Wolkenstein Ich spür ain tier (Kl 6)." Beiträge zur Geschichte der deutschen Sprache und Literatur 123 (2001): 253-273.
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