Meaning & use
Meistersinger
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A member of a German guild of skilled poet-musicians that flourished from the 14th to the 16th centuries.
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Wagner's opera "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg" dramatizes the world of the meistersingers.
Each meistersinger had to master a strict set of rules for composing and performing songs.
A note on using this word
Borrowed directly from German ("Meister" = master, "Singer" = singer); the guilds set formal rules for poetic and musical composition.
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