Alexander, Meister
Alexander, Meister
Alexander, Meister, German Minnesinger and composer who flourished in the 2nd half of the 13th century, known as Der wilde Alexander. He was a significant composer of Sprüche. See R. Taylor, éd., The Art of the Minnesinger (Cardiff, 1968).
Bibliography
R. Haller, Der wilde A. (Wurzburg, 1935); J. Biehl, Der wilde A.: Untersuchungen zur literarischen Technik eines Autors im
13. Jarhhundert (diss., Univ. of Hamburg, 1970).
—Nicolas Slonimsky/Laura Kuhn/Dennis McIntire
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