SINGERS OF GERMANY
\sˈɪŋəz ɒv d͡ʒˈɜːməni], \sˈɪŋəz ɒv dʒˈɜːməni], \s_ˈɪ_ŋ_ə_z ɒ_v dʒ_ˈɜː_m_ə_n_i]\
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This term includes the Minnesingers; but is more especially used to denote the meistersingers, or mastersingers, of Germany, who became known in the fourth century, and were incorporated by Charles IV., in 1378, under the title of Meistergenossenschaft.
By Henry Percy Smith
