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Sachs, Hans (häns zäks), 1494–1576, German poet, leading meistersinger meistersinger (mī`stərsĭng'ər, Ger. mī`shtərzĭng'ər) [Ger. ..... Click the link for more information. 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. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The following year, the Pirckheimer Society honored Hans Sachs on the 500th anniversary of his birth with a symposium (Hans Sachs im Schnittpunkt von Antike und Neuzeit = Pirckheimer Jahrbuch, 1995). Atlas was selected over other offerings for its high performance OTDR (optical time domain reflectometer), the functionality of its software and the ability to control a remote optical switch over the network," said Hans Sachs, Deutsche Telekom project leader. I would add parenthetically that his townsman, Hans Sachs, cleverly exploited this underlying contradiction between appearance and reality in his writings. |
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