meistersinger

/mahy-ster-sing-er, -zing-/US // ˈmaɪ stərˌsɪŋ ər, -ˌzɪŋ- //UK // (ˈmaɪstəˌsɪŋə) //

小天使,姐妹们,姐妹花,小调子

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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plural Mei·ster·sing·er, Mei·ster·sing·ers for 1.
- : Also mastersinger. a member of one of the guilds, chiefly of workingmen, established during the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries in the principal cities of Germany, for the cultivation of poetry and music.
- : Die [dee], /di/, an opera by Richard Wagner.

I particularly want to see Nuremburg on account of its being the scene of the Meistersinger.
It was from his life Wagner wrote the opera of the "Meistersinger."
I remember seeing him write upon his cuffs (no doubt some passing theme) during a performance of Meistersinger he was conducting.
Only Die Meistersinger rivals it in merriment, though even there one does not find such a nice balance of poetry and music.
The heaviness of the last pages of Siegfried recalls Die Meistersinger, which is also of that period.