... der sol kommen in unser lant Reflections on Walther's 'Preislied' ('Song of Praise') in the context of its manuscript tradition

Goerlitz, Uta (2020): ... der sol kommen in unser lant Reflections on Walther's 'Preislied' ('Song of Praise') in the context of its manuscript tradition. In: Zeitschrift für Deutsches Altertum und Deutsche Literatur, Bd. 149, Nr. 4: S. 427-454

Abstract

The following paper provides a desideratum of research about Walthers 'Preislied;which is, as is well-known, related to the genesis of the German national anthem. Although the three versions in the medieval song manuscripts A, C and E, compiled between ca. 1270 and 1350, have already been compared with each other in more detail by research since the 1990s, there are still unanswered questions which need a new analysis based on more recent findings. Therefore, the focus is on the meaning and the semantic relations of such crucial lexemes used ideosyncratically by Walther as tiu(t)sch, vrowe(n) and wip. The paper examines the changes of these relations in the three versions, which vary in stanza number, order and text. At the same time, it asks to what extent the different versions might thereby have encouraged modern interpretations that read the 'Prei shed' as a praise of Germany and its women and men without making further semantic distinctions. However, central is the medieval song and not its modern reception.

• Dokumententyp: Zeitschriftenartikel
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• ISSN: 0044-2518
• Sprache: Deutsch