!!!Middle Ages/Hoefische Kultur
!!''Nibelungenlied''

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height='250' alt='Nibelungenlied' caption='Nibelungenlied, 1. Aventiure\\© Horst Jäger, Hohenems' width='237'}]

The Nibelungenlied originated around 1200 in the lands around the Danube
River (Passau, Germany?). Unfortunately the authentic melody that this most
famous middle high German epic poem is lost. In the musical example it
is sung by Eberhard Kummer to the Hildebrandstone. He accompanies himself
on the harp and the hurdy-gurdy. Such singers who accompanied themselves
were important for the development of music in Europe because they provided
the best possible means of expressing the unity of music and text. Various
themes that could come from very different historical periods could be
combined here to form an epic unity (for example, the historical
figures Attila and Theodorich were two generations apart). The illustration and
musical example present the beginning of the first "Aventiure." (E. Stadler)



!Sound Clip
[{Audio src='Wissenssammlungen/Musik-Lexikon/Nibelungenlied/040201am.mp3'
caption='Audio sample from Nibelungenlied, 1. Aventiure\\© Koch International GMBH-Austria, Pl.-Nr. PAN 150005/6'}]

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