Tannhäuser
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Tannhäuser (German:
His name becomes associated with a "
Historical Tannhäuser
The most common tradition has him as a descent from the Tanhusen family of
The illustrated Codex Manesse manuscript (about 1300–1340) depicts him clad in the Teutonic Order habit, suggesting he might have fought in the Sixth Crusade led by Emperor Frederick II in 1228/29. For a while, Tannhäuser was an active
Tannhäuser was a proponent of the leich (lai) style of minnesang and dance-song poetry. As literature, his poems parody the traditional genre with irony and hyperbole, somewhat similar to later commercium songs. However, his Bußlied (Poem on Atonement) is unusual, given the eroticism of the remaining Codex Manesse.
Tannhäuser legend
Based on his Bußlied, Tannhäuser became the subject of a legendary account. It makes Tannhäuser a knight and poet who found the
The earliest version of the narrative of the legend, not yet associated with name of Tannhäuser, is first recorded in the form of a ballad by the Provençal writer Antoine de la Sale (c. 1440).
The association of this narrative of La Sale's ballad, which was likely based on an Italian original, with the name of Tannhäuser, appears to take place in the early 16th century. A German Tannhäuser folk ballad is recorded in numerous versions beginning around 1510.
The popularity of the ballad continues unabated well into the 17th century.
The motif became most popular as the principal source for Richard Wagner's large three-act opera Tannhäuser (1845), which changes a few story elements and is known for including a scandalous depiction of the revels of Venus's court in its first scene. The plot of the opera covers both the Tannhäuser legend and the epic of the Sängerkrieg at Wartburg Castle.
See also
References
- ^ "Tannhäuser (Dichter) – Wikipedia". de-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
- ^ D. L. Ashliman, "Forgiveness and Redemption: folktales of Aarne-Thompson types 755 and 756"
Bibliography
- Garrett, Leah (2011). A Knight at the opera: Heine, Wagner, Herzl, Peretz, and the Legacy of der Tannhäuser. West Lafayette, Ind.: Purdue University Press. ISBN 9781557536013.
External links
- Wikipedia of the Rindsmaul family
- Laus Veneris, and other poems (1900), Swinburne, Algernon Charles, 1837–1909
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online – Tannhäuser
- James G. Nelson, Publisher to the Decadents: Leonard Smithers in the Careers of Beardsley, Wilde, Dowson. Rivendale Press, May 2000. ISBN 0-953503-38-0.
- A Translation of Grimm's Saga No. 171 "Tannhäuser"
- Der Tanhuser um 1200/10 – nach 1266 at the Bibliotheca Augustana—a collection of his works (original language)
- Beach, Chandler B., ed. (1914). . . Chicago: F. E. Compton and Co.