Middle Ages/Höfische Kultur
Nibelungenlied
The
Nibelungenlied originated around 1200 in the lands around the Danube River
(Passau, Germany?). Unfortunately the authentic melody that this most
famous middle high German epic poem is lost. In the musical example it is
sung by Eberhard Kummer to the Hildebrandstone. He accompanies himself on
the harb and the hurdy-gurdy. Such singers who accompanied themselves were
important for the development of music in Europe because they provided the
best possible means of expressing the unity of music and text. Various
themes that could come from very different historical periods could be
combined here to form an epic unity (for example, the historical figures
Attila and Theodorich were two generations apart). The illustration and
musical example present the beginning of the first "Aventiure." (E.
Stadler)
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© Image: Horst Jäger, August-Reis-Str. 12, A-6845 Hohenems.
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