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	Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremberg) is an opera in three acts, written and composed by Richard Wagner.
		Eva is obviously besotted with Walther, but informs him that her father, the goldsmith and Meistersinger Veit Pogner, has arranged to give her hand in marriage to the victor of the guild's song contest on St. John's day (Midsummer's day), tomorrow.
		Although Die Meistersinger is a comedy, it also elucidates Wagner’s ideas on the place of music in society, on renunciation of the Will, and of the solace that music brings in a world full of “Wahn” (which may be translated into English as "Illusion", "madness", "folly" or "self-deception").
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Die_Meistersinger (3225 words)

	Meistersinger - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A Meistersinger (German for "master-singer") was a German lyric poet of the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries, who carried on and developed the traditions of the medieval Minnesingers.
		By this time, the Meistersinger school had spread all over south and central Germany; and isolate guilds were to be found farther north, at Magdeburg, Breslau Görlitz, and Danzig.
		The literary value of the Meistersinger poetry was hardly in proportion to the large part it played in the life of the German towns of the 15th and 16th centuries.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Meistersinger (815 words)

	classical music - andante - wagner: die meistersinger von nÃ¼rnberg
		Die Meistersinger also marks one of the few times that Wagner, the intrepid futurist, permitted himself to look backward — not only to 16th-century Nuremberg and to the shoemaker-musician Hans Sachs (who really existed), but to some operatic conventions he had mostly abandoned.
		For Die Meistersinger has real arias in it —; the "Fliedermonolog," the "Wahnmonolog" and, of course, the "Prize Song" itself — and, in the bejeweled quintet "Selig wie die Sonne," Wagner created a genuine ensemble piece that Donizetti would have recognized.
		Still, the evidence suggests that Die Meistersinger was an unusually difficult opera for Wagner to bring to life; he labored on the Prelude and Act I alone for more than four years.
	www.andante.com /article/article.cfm?id=21574 (549 words)

	Die Meistersinger (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Heavy chords introduce the motiv of The Meistersinger on the full orchestra, and after it is worked up at some length, there follows the expressive and tender theme of Waking Love, on the flute and clarinet.
		The original Meistersinger returns upon the trombones, viola, and 'cello; and the violins excitedly elaborate it until they sing, with the 'cello, clarinet, and horn, Love Confessed, while the other instruments insist upon The Meistersinger.
		As he tells her he has failed, the Meistersinger is heard, and the harp introduces the Hymn to Spring in the orchestra.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles30/opera-guide-23.shtml (5507 words)

	Amazon.com: Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg: Music: Georg Solti,Karita Mattila, Iris Vermillion, Herbert ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Die Meistersinger von Nrnberg is Wagner's greatest opera.
		KEMPE (EMI 7 64154 2): For: perhaps the best conductor on any Meistersinger set, Kempe is absolutely inspired, drawing glorious playing from the BPO, he has a consistent, comprehensive view of the work's structure, builds up raptly to the big emotional climaxes and directs the huge cast with warmth and sensitivity.
		She sings all of her role, especially the "O Sachs, mein Freund" outburst and the great "Selig wie die Sonne" lead into the Quintet with a gleaming, warm radiance, a silvery serenity and an incandescent glory that, allied to her perfect phrasing, are incredibly moving.
	www.amazon.com /Wagner-Die-Meistersinger-von-Nurnberg/dp/B0000042FC (2704 words)

	DIE MEISTERSINGER - Booklet-Text "zögernd leise..."
		Again the comparison: the microphone-linked grand piano of the recording is played by a Meistersinger in direct neighborhood of the flat basses.
		And the man who is not be heard on the CD can present Schubert's music to his Meistersinger in words, gestures, and mimic as they all consider it appropriate.
		The Meistersinger and (not to forget!) the masterly soloists with the (pardon!) male-heart-frequency-accelerating female interpreter of the "Ständchen" (Serenade): they all can sing, this goes undoubtedly without saying.
	www.die-meistersinger.de /Booklettext_zoegernd_leise_englisch.htm (1626 words)

	'Die Meistersinger' -- neatly trimmed down and not missing a beat / Brainerd's singing anchors opera
		There are no small Wagner operas, but even by those standards "Die Meistersinger" is a whopper -- a five-hour celebration of artistic innovation, tradition and young love that blends oversize pageantry with intimate personal drama.
		The idea of a small company taking on a behemoth like "Meistersinger" is not as outlandish as it seems after all.
		In contrast to the drastically foreshortened "Ring" cycle that the company produced last year, the "Meistersinger" reduction is a matter of nips and tucks rather than wholesale chopping.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/07/22/DDG9JDR3QH1.DTL&type=performance (692 words)

	Die Meistersinger...
		This is a musical analysis of the Prelude (Vorspiel) to Act I of Richard Wagner's opera Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg.
		A Standard MIDI File in QuickTime format is used for audio illustration, together with section by section commentary on its themes, keys and structure.
		Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg-Complete Vocal and Orchestral Score.
	www.imedici.mcgill.ca /imediciengl/composers/wagner_r/die_meistersinger_anal.htm (1254 words)

	Die Meistersinger Von Nurnberg (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		His only significant essay in the field of comedy was made in "Die Meister-singer," and this is as faithful to the old conception of comedy as the dramas mentioned are to that of tragedy.
		There is no doubt in my mind but that Wagner's purpose in " Die Meistersinger " was to celebrate the triumph of the natural, poetical impulse, stimulated by healthy emotion and communion with nature, over pedantry and hide-bound conservatism.
		In the larger study of the opera made in another place, I have attempted to show that the contest is in reality the one which is always waging between the principles of romanticism and classicism, a contest which is essentially friendly and necessary to progress.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles30/opera-15.shtml (2728 words)

	Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Wagner) - Synopsis
		In this noble passage, in which the "Prize Song" soars above the various themes typical of the masters, the new ideal seems to be borne to its triumph upon the shoulders of the conservative forces which, won over at last, have espoused its cause with all their sturdy energy.
		This concluding passage in the Vorspiel thus brings out with great eloquence the inner significance of "Die Meistersinger." In whatever the great author and composer of this work wrote for the stage, there always was an ethical meaning back of the words and music.
		In more ways than one the "Prize Song" is a mainstay of "Die Meistersinger." It has been heard in the previous scene of the third act, not only when Walther rehearses it for Sachs, but also in the quintet.
	www.musicwithease.com /die-meistersinger.html (6455 words)

	classical music - andante - die meistersinger, lohengrin and der ring des nibelungen at bayreuth
		Christian Thielemann proved himself the heir to von Karajan and Kempe in a Meistersinger of rare depth, humanity and wit, notwithstanding Wolfgang Wagner's dull, conventional and ugly staging.
		Robert Holl's dour, uncharismatic Sachs, Robert Dean Smith's "correct" but unglamorous Stolzing, Emily Magee's brittle and slightly tarty Eva, and Clemens Bieber's thin-toned and somewhat elderly-looking David were all perfectly acceptable but hardly of the quality that one expects at the world's premier Wagnerian address.
		The vocal level of the opening Meistersinger proved to be fairly representative of what was to follow in Lohengrin and the Ring — all evidence of a crisis in contemporary Wagnerian singing.
	www.andante.com /article/article.cfm?id=14076&highlight=1&highlightterms=&lstKeywords= (881 words)

	Virgin Megastores : Die Meistersinger (Sawallisch)
		Die Meistersinger Von Nurnberg - Act 1 - Scene 1
		Die Meistersinger Von Nurnberg - Act 1 - Scene 2
		Die Meistersinger Von Nurnberg - Act 1 - Scene 3
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	VIP Records: Wagner's Die Meistersinger Act 3
		Likewise, Die Meistersinger blossomed from being a simple comedy about a legendary German cobbler to being a four hour long exploration of the true nature of art and its relationship with society.
		Like Die Walkure's first act, the third act of Die Meistersinger is essentially a self-contained opera in its own right.
		He went on to conduct acclaimed performances of The Ring cycle, Die Meistersinger and Der Fliegende Hollander at Bayreuth.
	www.vintageip.com /records/vipop1006.html (1420 words)

	DVD Times - Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
		Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg for the most part is certainly one of Wagner’s lighter operas, and although I think it would be going a bit far to describe it as a comedy, as the accompanying booklet does, it certainly has its humorous moments.
		Most of the comedy material is at the expense of the villain of the opera, Sixtus Beckmesser, wonderfully played and sung by Elke Wilm Schulte.
		The elaborate lyricism of the Meistersinger songs also are a little bit excessive.
	www.dvdtimes.co.uk /content.php?contentid=3565 (1061 words)

	Hans Sachs - Meistersinger
		Hans Sachs (1494-1576) was the most famous of the Meistersingers, a group of master lyricists charged with maintaining the song forms of the Middle Ages in Germany.
		As such, this art represents something of a continuation of that of the troubadours, although here the themes tend to be moral in nature.
		Of course, Sachs was later immortalized by Richard Wagner in Die Meistersinger.
	www.medieval.org /emfaq/cds/svs33361.htm (133 words)

	Amazon.com: Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Music: Bruno Seidler-Winkler,Hans Udo Muller,Karl Böhm,Arno ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		In Sachsens Werkstatt: Die Kenn' Ich Nun Auch, Siet Dieser Nacht
		Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, opera, WWV 96 Fanget an!
		Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, opera, WWV 96 Winterstürme wichen dem Wonnemond
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00000HYVK?v=glance (514 words)

	Die Meistersinger: Synopsis
		Summoning David and Magdalene, he promptly promotes his apprentice to Journeyman so that he may act as witness to the christening.
		In a moving speech (Verachtet mir die Meister nicht), Sachs speaks of the worthiness and longevity of German Art.
		Eva has crowned Walther with the winner's wreath and the two lovers are united.
	opera.stanford.edu /Wagner/Meistersinger/synopsis.html (4110 words)

	Opera Today : WAGNER: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
		Although that may be a gross simplification with a glimmer of truth at its core, it still feels strange to think of that epochal staging after a viewing of this 1981 Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, created by the composer's grandson, Wolfgang Wagner.
		Staged with an orthodoxy of pristine purity, this Meistersinger serves to highlight all that is admirable and regrettable about the so-called "traditional" approach.
		The clarity of the storytelling comes along with a practiced execution lacking insight or imagination.
	www.operatoday.com /content/2006/08/wagner_die_meis.php (1598 words)

	Virgin Megastores : Die Meistersinger Von Nurnberg/Barenboim, Bayreuther Fest
		Virgin Megastores : Die Meistersinger Von Nurnberg/Barenboim, Bayreuther Fest
		Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger Von Nurnberg/Barenboim, Bayreuther Fest.
		Die Meistersinger Von Nurnberg - Act 2 - Scene 7
	www.virginmegastores.co.uk /invt/399953 (436 words)

	eBay.co.uk - WAGNER Die Meistersinger Von Nurnberg, DVDs, CDs, DVD, Film TV items at low prices
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	YouTube - Richard Wagner Die Meistersinger Prelude and Act III Final
		Richard Wagner Die Meistersinger Prelude and Act III Final
		I thought that the most disturbing Wagner clip I'd seen on YouTube was that awful Stuttgart staging of the Ring that's been posted in bits and pieces here.
		Die Meistersinger Prelude and ActIII Fin Die Meistersinger Prelude and ActIII Finale, Karl Böhm, conductor.Wilhelm Rode (Hans Sachs), Deutsches Opernhaus 1935.
	www.youtube.com /watch?v=KZaGKWjTRQI (235 words)

	Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg - Cambridge University Press (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg - Cambridge University Press
		Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg is Wagner's only mature comedy, and one of the richest and most profound in the history of music.
		This book presents an informative and stimulating study of an opera that occupies a particular place in music lovers' affections, yet always has more to reveal.
	www.cambridge.org /catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=0521444446 (289 words)

	Wagner (1983) The mastersingers of Nuremberg: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
		Wagner (1983) The mastersingers of Nuremberg: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
		The mastersingers of Nuremberg: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
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	Tower Records - Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg / Solti, et al (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Returning to 'Die Meistersinger' after more than twenty years, Solti was determined to emphasize the conversational nature of the opera and as a result his reading has both a lightness and fluidity unique on recording.
		To this end he cast singers in the principal roles who were also great Mozart singers, albeit ones with the power to do justice to Wagner's music.
		Alan Opie's Beckmesser is convincing both as a comic villain and a meistersinger of good standing.
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	Gulda Festkonzert = WAGNER: Prelude to Die Meistersinger; MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-flat Major; DVORAK: ...
		The concert had been arranged as a fund-raiser for the Heinemann Foundation.
		A rapt audience, of which you can now be a part, listens spellbound to first a muscular but singularly transparent rendition of Wagner's Prelude to Die Meistersinger, whose polyphonies shimmer in string, brass and woodwind lines.
		Then, with a piano sounding a cross between harp and harpsichord, Gulda makes deftly music-box sonorities in the last of the Mozart concertos, a crystalline chain of jeweled notes that will remind collectors of Gieseking, but with more girth and weight in the chords without loss of clarity.
	www.audaud.com /article.php?ArticleID=354 (505 words)

	Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Die (1988) (TV) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The marches, processions and dancing are way ahead of the other version which is stodgy by comparison.
		Despite some drawbacks, on balance, this is possibly the best video production of Die Meistersinger.
		Discuss this movie with other users on IMDb message board for Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Die (1988) (TV)
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0229565 (384 words)

	(GCH3ZH) Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg by UrbanGeocacher & Royal Rangers Erlangen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Zwischen erstem und zweiten Anlauf zur Petershöhle zusammen mit Maggus die Meistersinger gesucht und gefunden (hats da wirklich mal nicht geregnet?).
		Alerdings kamen mir die 500m vom Parkplatz zum Cache wesentlich weiter vor als bei uns im Flachland.
		Auf unserer Wanderung durch das Hirschbachtal haben wir eine kurze Rast bei den Meistersingern eingelegt.
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	Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, act 3: Walther's Prize Song - Richard Wagner \| Digital Sheet Music Downloads \| ...
		Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, act 3: Walther's Prize Song - Richard Wagner
		Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, act 3: Walther's Prize Song
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	VH1.com : Movies : Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg : Main (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
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		This performance of Richard Wagner's opera, Die Meistersinger Von Nürnberg by the Metropol...
		This performance of Richard Wagner's opera, Die Meistersinger Von Nürnberg by the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Metropolitan Opera Chorus was conducted by James Levine.
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