Clara Hätzlerin
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Clara Hätzlerin was a professional scribe
in 15th century Augsburg
. She is most notable for her songbook (Liederbuch) of 1471, which was among the sources used by Carl Orff
for his Die Bernauerin
.
Clara-Hätzler-Straße in Augsburg (48.3577°N 10.9149°E http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Clara-H%C3%A4tzler-Stra%C3%9Fe,+Augsburg&layer=&sll=48.376321,10.900841&sspn=0.103761,0.205307&ie=UTF8&z=16&ll=48.359186,10.914896&spn=0.006487,0.012832&om=1&iwloc=addr) is named after her.
Scribe
A scribe is a person who writes books or documents by hand as a profession and helps the city keep track of its records. The profession, previously found in all literate cultures in some form, lost most of its importance and status with the advent of printing...
in 15th century Augsburg
Augsburg
Augsburg is a city in the south-west of Bavaria, Germany. It is a university town and home of the Regierungsbezirk Schwaben and the Bezirk Schwaben. Augsburg is an urban district and home to the institutions of the Landkreis Augsburg. It is, as of 2008, the third-largest city in Bavaria with a...
. She is most notable for her songbook (Liederbuch) of 1471, which was among the sources used by Carl Orff
Carl Orff
Carl Orff was a 20th-century German composer, best known for his cantata Carmina Burana . In addition to his career as a composer, Orff developed an influential method of music education for children.-Early life:...
for his Die Bernauerin
Agnes Bernauer
Agnes Bernauer was the mistress and perhaps also the first wife of Albert, later Albert III, Duke of Bavaria...
.
Clara-Hätzler-Straße in Augsburg (48.3577°N 10.9149°E http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Clara-H%C3%A4tzler-Stra%C3%9Fe,+Augsburg&layer=&sll=48.376321,10.900841&sspn=0.103761,0.205307&ie=UTF8&z=16&ll=48.359186,10.914896&spn=0.006487,0.012832&om=1&iwloc=addr) is named after her.
Sources
- Liederbuch der Clara Hätzlerin : aus der Handschrift des Böhmischen Museums zu Prag, ed. C. Haltaus. - Quedlinburg : Basse , 1840; reprint: ISBN 978-3110002591.
- Glaser, Elvira, 'Das Graphemsystem der Clara Hätzlerin im Kontext der Handschrift Heidelberg, Cpg. 677', in: Deutsche Sprache in Raum und Zeit, Festschrift für Peter Wiesinger zum 60. Geburtstag, eds. Ernst and Patocka, Vienna (1998), p. 479–494.
- Burghart Wachinger, Liebe und Literatur im spätmittelalterlichen Schwaben und Franken, Zur Augsburger Sammelhandschrift der Clara Hätzlerin, DVjs 56 (1982), 386–406.
- Edmunds, Sheila. 'The Life and Work of Clara Hätzlerin' in Journal of the Early Book Society for the study of manuscripts and printing history (New York: Pace University Press): 2 (1999).