Neidhart (von Reuental): A Minnesinger and his 'Vale of Tears': Songs and Interludes
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NEIDHART von REUENTAL
Neidhart (von Reuental): A Minnesinger and his 'Vale of Tears': Songs and Interludes
Els Janssens-Vanmunster (voice), Baptiste Romain (vielle / bagpipes), Ensemble Leones, Marc Lewon
[ Naxos / CD ]
Release Date: Wednesday 1 February 2012
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Neidhart was one of the most popular Minnesingers - or "poet-musicians" - of the late Middle Ages. His songs deal with rustic, erotic and violent topics mediated, however, through court culture, which gives them a stylised, ironic sense of detachment.
His division of songs into "summer" or "winter" adds another layer of complexity, with melancholy or dance-orientated topics prevailing, depending on the season. The instrumental music carries a rural character. The "Frankfurt Fragment" manuscript has never been recorded in full, and is here performed by one of the most outstanding ensembles in the field.
Tracks:
Reuenthal:
Cantilena 'Der han' ('The cock')
Mir ist ummaten leyde (I am grieved beyond all measure)
Summer unde winder (Summer and winter)
Clausula
Sinc eyn gulden hoen (Sing, you golden hen) / stantipes 'Der munich' ('The monk')
Willekome eyn sommerweter suze (Welcome the sweet summer weather)
Guoten wib wol üch der eren (Gracious ladies, you deserve honour)
Muteta 'Non veul mari' (I do not want a husband)
Ich claghe de blomen (I mourn for the flowers)
Stantipes 'Der hedamerschol'
Allez daz den sumer (Everything that all summer long)
Vil wol gelopter got (God, so highly extolled)
Je muir, je muir (I die, I die)
