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Sachs, Hans - English
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German poet, dramatist and composer, born in Nuremberg. He was apprenticed to a shoemaker in 1509, and later joined the guild of the Meistersinger, a group of poet-musicians of the merchant class. As a journeyman cobbler traveling in southern Germany and the Rhine country, Sachs met with Meistersinger guilds in many towns. In 1517, by having a tune of his approved, he became a master in the Nuremberg guild, and in 1519 he was made a master shoemaker. Sachs was sympathetic to the Reformation; his most famous poem, The Nightingale of Wittenberg (1523), was a defense of Martin Luther. He was a prolific poet, producing over 6000 songs, plays, and narrative poems, known for their lively humor and vivid representations of everyday life; he also composed several important Meistersinger melodies. Sachs is the central figure of the opera Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (1867) by Richard Wagner.

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Sachs, Hans - English
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1494–1576, German poet, leading meistersinger of the Nuremberg school. A shoemaker and guild master, he wrote more than 4,000 master songs in addition to some 2,000 fables, tales in verse (Schwanke), morality plays, and farces. His Shrovetide plays, humorous and dramatically effective, present an informative picture of life in 16th-century Nuremberg. An ardent follower of Luther, Sachs wrote the poem “The Nightingale of Wittenberg” in Luther's honor. Many of his melodies were later adapted as Protestant hymn tunes. Hans Sachs is a principal character in several operas, notably in Richard Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg.

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Sachs, Hans - English
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Sachs, Hans , 1494–1576, German poet, leading meistersinger of the Nuremberg school. A shoemaker and guild master, he wrote more than 4,000 master songs in addition to some 2,000 fables, tales in verse (Schwanke), morality plays, and farces. His Shrovetide plays, humorous and dramatically effective, present an informative picture of life in 16th-century Nuremberg. An ardent follower of Luther, Sachs wrote the poem “The Nightingale of Wittenberg” in Luther's honor. Many of his melodies were later adapted as Protestant hymn tunes. Hans Sachs is a principal character in several operas, notably in Richard Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg.

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Sachs, Hans. The Columbia Encyclopedia - English
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1494–1576, German poet, leading meistersinger of the Nuremberg school. A shoemaker and guild master, he wrote more than 4,000 master songs in addition to some 2,000 fables, tales in verse (Schwanke), morality plays, and farces.

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Bibliotheca Augustana - German
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Hans Sachs, Meistersinger und Schuhmacher, wurde 1494 in Nürnberg geboren. Nach fünfjährigen Walz, kehrte er 1516 in seine Vaterstadt zurück und starb dort 1576. Sein literarisches Werk umfaßt über 6000 Titel, darunter etwa 4200 Meistergesänge, etwa 1800 Spruchgedichte, 80 Fastnachtsspiele, 63 Tragödien, 65 Komödien und 5 Prosadialoge.

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Sachs, Hans - Britannica.com - English
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German burgher, meistersinger, and poet who was outstanding for his popularity, output, and aesthetic and religious influence. He is idealized in Richard Wagner's opera Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg.

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