Rumelant of Saxony
Master Rumelant or Rumslant was a poet of Sang sayings and Minne songs in Middle High German language in the 2nd half of the 13th century. Due to its assumed Saxon origin, it is referred to in research as the Rumelant of Saxony , in contrast to Rumelant von Schwaben .
Life
As with most poets of the Middle Ages, no documented information about person and life is possible with Rumelant. From his language and his slogans, which are addressed to a large number of rulers, especially in northern Germany, one inferred that he was of Low German origin; in a derisive strophe against the Marner , Rumelant describes himself as a Saxon according to the common reading . By taking up historically datable events in his poetry, his creative period can be narrowed down relatively reliably to a period from around 1273 to 1286; some researchers also assume a creative period up to around 1300. The large area of activity, which apparently stretched from Bavaria to Denmark, from Aachen to Mecklenburg, suggests an existence as a traveling professional poet, which is also addressed in his poetry.
Lore
In the Jena song manuscript , 105 stanzas in 10 tones (9 of them with melody notation, exception: tone 9) are attributed to Rumelant, most of which are regarded as authentic; Rumelant's authorship is also being considered for some other stanzas assigned to other authors by the manuscript. In the Great Heidelberg Song Manuscript , 16 verses have been passed down, all of which are also passed down in the Jena song manuscript, as well as 3 three-stanza Minnelieder that are only passed down here. The manuscript also claims 4 verses, which the Jena song manuscript ascribes Rumelant, for Walther von der Vogelweide . There are also some smaller fragments of manuscripts, which, however, only provide a parallel transmission of the verse.
Research ascribes a total of 107 verses and the three three-verse Minnelieder to Rumelant.
output
- Holger Runow: Rumelant of Saxony. Edition - Translation - Commentary (= Hermaea, NF 121), Berlin / New York 2011, ISBN 978-3-11-023283-7 .
literature
- Peter Kern: Rumelant (from Saxony) . In: The German literature of the Middle Ages. Author's Lexicon, Vol. 8. Berlin, New York 1992, Col. 382-388.
- Alexander Rausch : Rumeland (Rumelant, Rumslant) of Saxony. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 4, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2005, ISBN 3-7001-3046-5 .
- Gustav Roethe: Rumsland, master . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 30, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1890, pp. 97-100.
- Reinhold Schröder: Rumelant von Sachsen, a traveler from Germany in Denmark . In: Flemming G. Andersen (Ed.): The entertainer in Medieval and traditional culture . Odense 1997, pp. 15-44
- Burghart Wachinger: Singers' War. Investigations into the poetry of the 13th century (MTU 42). Munich 1973, pp. 164-181.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ See Peter Kern: Rumelant (von Sachsen) , in: The German literature of the Middle Ages. Author's Lexicon (see literature), col. 383.
- ↑ Jenaer Liederhandschrift fol. 52v, stanza 37 of the Rumelant corpus: " Vil dear marner ... "
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| SURNAME | Rumelant of Saxony |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rumelant; Master Rumelant; Master Rumslant |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Middle High German poet of chants and minne songs |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 13th Century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 13th century or 14th century |