Word: walther
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...principal writer of lyric verse was Walther von der Vogelweide who lived a long and wandering life. His themes were principally on nature, politics and religion in all of which he did not hesitate to express his opinion. The versification of this verse is determined by accentmerely since the stanzas differ with different writers...
...first half was well played, the strains of the Parsifal-motif coming out clearly and prominently. Beyond this the spirit of the piece seemed somehow to lose itself, so that the impression of the whole was that the music had gotten the better of the orchestra. The next number, Walther's Preislied, from Wagner's "Mastersingers," was not open to this criticism; the spirit was admirably sustained, with the only fault of the orchestra's playing too loud for the singer, Mr. Toedt...