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Hans Sachs

This article refers to the poet. For other people of the same name, see Hans Sachs (disambiguation)
Hans Sachs (disambiguation)

Hans Sachs was a German poet, the inspiration for the character in Lortzing's opera and in Wagner's Die Meistersinger von N?rnberg.Hans Sachs may also refer to:...
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Hans Sachs (November 5, 1494 - January 19, 1576) was a German

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
meistersinger

Meistersinger

A Meistersinger was a Germany lyric poet of the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries, who carried on and developed the traditions of the medieval Minnesingers....
("mastersinger"), poet

Poetry

Poetry is a form of literature art in which language is used for its aesthetics and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning ....
, playwright

Playwright

A playwright, also known as a dramatist, is a person who writes dramatic literature or drama. These works may be written specifically to be performed by actors or they may be closet dramas or literary works written using dramatic forms but not meant for performance....
and shoemaker.
Works about him

rote over 6000 pieces of various kinds; exact numbers vary widely in secondary literature, mainly because it is not always clear if a piece of writing should be considered an independent work or part of a larger context.

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Hans Sachs (November 5, 1494 - January 19, 1576) was a German

Germany

Meistersinger

A Meistersinger was a Germany lyric poet of the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries, who carried on and developed the traditions of the medieval Minnesingers....
("mastersinger"), poet

Poetry

Poetry is a form of literature art in which language is used for its aesthetics and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning ....
, playwright

Playwright

Biography

He also went by the name Gloves.

Works about him

Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

Die Meistersinger von N?rnberg is an opera in three acts, written and composed by Richard Wagner. It is one of the most popular operas in the repertory, and is among the longest still commonly performed today, usually taking around four and a half hours....
, an opera
Opera

Opera is an Performing arts in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work which combines a text and a musical score. Opera is part of the Western classical music tradition....
by Richard Wagner
Richard Wagner

Wilhelm Richard Wagner was a German composer, Conducting, theatre director and essayist, primarily known for his operas . Unlike most other great opera composers, Wagner wrote both the scenario and libretto for his works....
in which he is portrayed as a wise scholar who embodies ideal bourgeois values of respect for honest work and self-discipline.
Hans Sachs, an opera by Albert Lortzing
Albert Lortzing

Gustav Albert Lortzing was a German composer, actor and singer. He is considered to be the main representative of the German Spieloper, a form similar to the French Op?ra comique, which grew out of the Singspiel....
Goethe's poem Hans Sachsens poetische Sendung

Works (overview)

He wrote over 6000 pieces of various kinds; exact numbers vary widely in secondary literature, mainly because it is not always clear if a piece of writing should be considered an independent work or part of a larger context. Also it is hard to compare such sources because certain works may be put in different categories by different authors. His productivity is especially remarkable because he kept working as a shoemaker throughout his life. He had to do this because as far as is known the Mastersingers did not write/sing for profit.

Mastersongs proper (about 4200)
other poems/songs
Carnival plays
Tragedies
Tragedy

Tragedy is a form of The arts based on human suffering that offers its audience pleasure. While most cultures have developed forms that provoke this paradoxical response, tragedy refers to a specific Poetic tradition of drama that has played a unique and important role historically in the self-definition of Western culture....
Comedies
Comedy

Comedy as a popular meaning, is any humorous discourse generally intended to amuse, especially in television, film, and stand-up comedy. This must be carefully distinguished from its academic definition, namely the comic theatre, whose Western culture origins are found in Ancient Greece....
Prose dialogues
Fable
Fable

A fable is a succinct story, in prose or verse, that features animals, plants, inanimate, or nature which are anthropomorphized , and that illustrates a moral lesson , which may at the end be expressed explicitly in a pithy maxim ....
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Religious tracts, including Eyn wunderliche Weyssagung von dem Babsttumb, wie es ihm biz an das endt der welt gehen sol in collaboration with Andreas Osiander
Andreas Osiander

Andreas Osiander was a Germany Lutheran theology....
(1527)

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(Some Works in German)
(other works in German)
(more works in German)
(R. Wagners Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg)