Der Wilde Alexander

The poet known in tradition as Master Alexander or Wild Alexander was probably active from around 1250 as the author of minstrel songs, sacred songs, chants and a Minneleich. He is considered one of the most important song poets of the post-classical 13th century. He is particularly famous for his text, known as the Childhood Song, which is characterised by extraordinary allegorical imagery. The melodies for most of the texts have also survived. The new edition replaces older edition attempts. For the first time, it offers not only the texts but also the melodies in a critical edition, as well as translations into Modern High German and a detailed commentary.

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Univ.-Prof. Dr. Horst Brunner (Jg. 1940), Studium der Germanistik, Musikwissenschaft und lateinischen Philologie in Erlangen und Zürich, Promotion 1966, Habilitation 1971, Extraordinarius in Erlangen, 1981 Berufung auf den Lehrstuhl für Deutsche Philologie an der Universität Würzburg, 2006 pensioniert. Zahlreiche Arbeiten zur deutschen Literatur des Mittelalters und der Frühen Neuzeit.

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Dorothea Klein (Jg. 1954), war von 2007 bis zu ihrer Pensionierung 2020 Inhaber des Lehrstuhls für Deutsche Philologie an der Universität Würzburg. Schwerpunkte ihrer Forschung bilden die Lyrik (Minnesang, Spruchsang, Leich, Meisterlied), Anthropologie und Poetik mittelalterlicher Literatur, Text- und Überlieferungsgeschichte sowie Editionsphilologie.