Minne or advertising song

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The minnesong or advertising song is the most common genre of minstrel . There are strong variations within this subtype, but the following tendencies can be recognized: A male lyrical ego speaks mostly , which woos women in the form of "Hohen Minne" as Minner , or in monological self-talk about his (almost always unfulfilled) advertising reflected. Very seldom does a female figure speak in love or advertising songs, since in this lyrical genre the woman seems to be more of a passive object of the male advertising efforts and therefore rarely has a say as an active subject.

Forms of love or advertising song

Different forms of the love song or advertising song can be classified based on attributes such as content, intention and addressee. The different characteristics are described in the next subsections and illustrated in more detail with text examples and their analysis.

Love lament

A (mostly) male lyric self monologues about his unsuccessful advertising efforts without addressing the person being sought. Instead, the love affair is staged like an emotional situation report by the male speaker, who reflects on internal (e.g. shyness of the advertiser, ...) and external resistance (e.g. negative environment, ...) during his advertising. The inner resistances of the complaining ego are at the same time typical attributes of the Minne variety of "Hohen Minne".

Example: Reinmar (MF 170.1)

I want to go to
the love that I have.
Sô is ez niender sew,
that the end is still mîn wân.
But I try ez every day
and serve ir sô, daz si âne ir danc
with fröiden muoz use kumber that I wear.

Analysis: A male lyrical I speaks, courting an unreachable woman. Nevertheless, the advertiser practices persistence by faithfully serving the chosen lady. In the monologue, the male lyrical self reflects on his advertising efforts: the fidelity, sincerity and persistence of his love are in the foreground, even if - in the spirit of Hohen Minne - the grief is mentioned, which becomes the emotional test of the man due to the one-sidedness of love . The man's low hope, as indicated in the last two lines of verse, of being able to reap (small) fruits of his advertising now and then, is irrelevant in terms of content. It only highlights the man's emotional conflict and, at the same time, the woman's aloofness.

Direct song of advertising or lament

In contrast to the minne complaint, in direct advertising or lamentation, the courted lady is addressed directly by the male lyrical self. This form, although no different in content and mode from the lament of love, is seldom encountered.

Example: Reinmar (MF 176.5)

All sælde a sælic wîp,
tuo me sô,
daz mîn heart hôhe gestê,
When I ie through dînen lîp
became frô,
daz des iht on me zergê.
I was the serve dîn.
now you are ez, diu fröide mîn!
should I love you tac or seen near?
daz lâ, frouwe, happened to me.

Analysis: The male lyrical ego speaks directly to the lady being courted. The advertiser openly professes his love, presents himself as the lady's servant and praises her as his only joy. In the penultimate line of verse, the male speaker asks himself whether he will ever experience a "joyful night or a joyful day" and in the last line of verse adds a request to the lady that she (as his only "donor of joy") will give him this joy but could be granted. In the following three verses of this song, however, it becomes clear that the man will never reach the woman being courted: In this respect, the direct advertising or lamentation is identical to the lamentation, only the direct address of the lady distinguishes these two forms of the love or advertising song .

Women's award song

The women's award is a rare form of the love song or advertising song: Usually only individual women's award stanzas are inserted in love songs. In the women's award or in women's award trophies, the courted woman is praised with all her wonderful attributes.

Example: Reinmar (MF 159.1)

I advocate that one
should have a whole lot of happy people: There
is a wîp that I
will not want to speak enkan after ir vil grôzem.
I praise you, if you do other
happy things, then you don't take any tac from me for good.
but swer ich des, si is at the statute,
dâs ûz wîplîchen virtues never stepped fuoz.
there is iu mat.

Analysis: The lady is praised by the male lyric self and described in all her glory. The picture of an ideal courtly woman is presented: The woman is of unattainable worth (verse 3 and 4) and of great virtue (verse 8 and 9). The grandeur of the female figure is staged even more clearly by Reinmar in the last line of verse by incorporating a matting motif into his text. WHO, however, checkmates the lady with her unattainable, courtly qualities is questionable. It is quite conceivable that all potential male advertisers are meant, none of whom have any real chance of advertising success. On the other hand, it could also mean other women who, so to speak, fade in the shine of the lady described. However, both interpretations of the mating motive clearly show that this is intended to illustrate the lady's unattainable position.

Minne Prize Songs

Even rarer than the women's prize is the Minne Prize without a gesture of complaint, which is usually inserted in the form of individual stanzas in Minne songs. It addresses the male lyrical ego's hope for successful advertising or the justification of its loyalty to the chosen woman.

Example: Reinmar (MF 156.10)

I wæne love will happen to me: my
heart rises ze spil,
Ze fröiden swings mîn muot, as
the valke enfluoge do
And the are ensweime.
[...]

Analysis: The male lyrical ego casts a hopeful look into the future and describes the possibility (!) Of a love that is fulfilled. The man's joy over this possible, reciprocated love is illustrated with comparisons to the animal world (verse line 2 to 5): The man's heart rises, his senses soar to joy - like a flying hawk (mhd. <valke>) or a floating eagle (mhd. <are>).

Others

Forms of the Minne- or advertising song can also be described as the Minneehre, the Minnesge and the women's speech - or as forms that are often closely linked to the above-mentioned forms (mostly as inserted individual stanzas) of the Minne- or advertising song.

Minnelehre (Minneregel, Minnereflexion)

The mine theory deals with rules, requirements and prohibitions that are imposed on the advertiser during his efforts.

Minstrel

The subject of the minnesota is similar to that of the ministerial rule, but differs in its (proverbial) form.

Women's song - women's speech

Within the women's song, in which a woman takes on the role of the lyric self, the form of the women's monologue is most common. The monological women's speech alternates in stanzas in the genre of change, and alternating in verse and verse in the genre of the dialogue song.

Important representatives of this subtype

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Reinmar: Songs. According to Weingartner's handwriting (B). Middle High German / New High German. Edited by Günther Schweikle. Stuttgart: Reclam 2002 (= Universal-Bibliothek. 8318.), p. 210.
  2. ↑ Reinmar: Songs. According to Weingartner's handwriting (B). Middle High German / New High German. Edited by Günther Schweikle. Stuttgart: Reclam 2002 (= Universal-Bibliothek. 8318.), p. 252.
  3. ↑ Reinmar: Songs. According to Weingartner's handwriting (B). Middle High German / New High German. Edited by Günther Schweikle. Stuttgart: Reclam 2002 (= Universal-Bibliothek. 8318.), pp. 252-255.
  4. ↑ Reinmar: Songs. According to Weingartner's handwriting (B). Middle High German / New High German. Edited by Günther Schweikle. Stuttgart: Reclam 2002 (= Universal-Bibliothek. 8318.), p. 138.
  5. ↑ Reinmar: Songs. According to Weingartner's handwriting (B). Middle High German / New High German. Edited by Günther Schweikle. Stuttgart: Reclam 2002 (= Universal-Bibliothek. 8318.), p. 106.

literature

  • Günther Schweikle: Minnesang , 2nd corrected edition (Metzler Collection; Volume 244). Metzler, Stuttgart / Weimar 1995, ISBN 3-476-10244-0
  • Günther Schweikle (Ed.): Reinmar: Lieder. According to Weingartner's handwriting (B). Middle High German / New High German (Reclams Universal Library; No. 8318). Reclam, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-15-008318-4
  • Hugo Moser, Helmut Tervooren (eds.): Minnesangs Frühling , 38th edition. Hirzel, Stuttgart 1988, ISBN 3-7776-0448-8