LEADER 04266nam 2200553 450 001 9910809511903321 005 20230829000413.0 010 $a0-271-03477-7 024 7 $a10.1515/9780271034775 035 $a(CKB)1000000000534441 035 $a(MH)010257349-2 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000158034 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12007609 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000158034 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10147597 035 $a(PQKB)10216809 035 $a(OCoLC)1080549462 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse68730 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6224421 035 $a(DE-B1597)583838 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780271034775 035 $a(OCoLC)1262307982 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000534441 100 $a20200929d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFrauenlob's Song of songs $ea medieval German poet and his masterpiece /$fBarbara Newman ; with the critical text of Karl Stackmann ; and a musical performance on CD by the Ensemble Sequentia directed by Barbara Thornton and Benjamin Bagby 210 1$aUniversity Park, Pennsylvania :$cThe Pennsylvania State University Press,$d2006. 215 $a1 online resource (xxi, 241 p. )$cill. ;$e1 sound disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.) 300 $aTranslated from the High German. 311 0 $a0-271-02925-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tList of Illustrations --$tPreface --$tAbout the Text, the Translation, and the Recording --$tMarienleich / Frauenlob?s Song of Songs: Text and Translation --$t1 The Performer, His Public, and His Peers --$t2 Frauenlob?s Canon --$t3 The Marienleich in Context --$t4 The Marienleich as a Work of Art --$t5 Reception and Influence --$tCommentary on the Marienleich --$tGlossary of Technical Terms --$tAbbreviations --$tBibliography --$tIndex of Marienleich Citations --$tIndex of Biblical Citations --$tGeneral Index 330 $a?Frauenlob? was the stage name of Heinrich von Meissen (c. 1260?1318), a medieval German poet-minstrel. A famous and controversial figure in his day, Frauenlob (meaning ?praise of ladies?) exercised a strong influence on German literature into the eighteenth century. This book introduces the poet to English-speaking readers with a fresh poetic translation of his masterpiece, the Marienleich?a virtuosic poem of more than 500 lines in praise of the Virgin Mary. Barbara Newman, known for her pathbreaking translation of Hildegard of Bingen?s Symphonia, brilliantly captures the fervent eroticism of Frauenlob?s language. More than the mother of Jesus, the Lady of Frauenlob?s text is a celestial goddess, the eternal partner of the Trinity. Like Christ himself she is explicitly said to have two natures, human and divine. Frauenlob lets the Lady speak for herself in an unusual first-person text of self-revelation, crafted from the Song of Songs, the Biblical wisdom books, the Apocalypse, and a wide array of secular materials ranging from courtly romance to Aristotelian philosophy. Included with the book is a CD recording of the Marienleich by the noted ensemble Sequentia, directed by Benjamin Bagby and the late Barbara Thornton. The surviving music is the composer?s own, reconstructed from fragmentary manuscript sources. Accompanying Newman?s translation is a facing-page edition of the German text, detailed commentary, and a critical study presenting the most thorough discussion to date of Frauenlob?s oeuvre, social context, philosophical ideas, sources, language, music, and influence. Rescuing a long forgotten medieval masterpiece, Frauenlob?s Song of Songs will fascinate students and scholars of the Middle Ages as well as scholars, performers, and connoisseurs of early music. 606 $aGerman poetry$yMiddle High German, 1050-1500$xHistory and criticism 615 0$aGerman poetry$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a831/.22 700 $aNewman$b Barbara$f1953-$01631759 702 $aStackmann$b Karl 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910809511903321 996 $aFrauenlob's Song of songs$94098755 997 $aUNINA