under der linden

[We1terHimmel]

Excelent work man!I am very happy to see that some not german peoples are interested on german culture.Good Job and thx.

[billkilpatrick]

@We1terHimmel - danke - apologies for my pronunciation

[We1terHimmel]

@billkilpatrick Well i have no problem with your pronunciation.It is not 100% kwon how people can speak\sing "Mittelhochdeutsch" right.If you hear the song "Unter der Linden" from some German Cover Bands you will see that your pronunciation ist not bader or better.

The German what we use today in Germany and the English what you use in the USA or the UK its more similar as this old version of the German Language to the modern german.A german can not sing better this.

[morocca1]

Wunderschoen gemacht! Ich hab dieser Lied fuers erstenmal an der Uni gehoert und habs in Youtube gesucht. Du hast das alles beste Version getan! Danke schoen dafuer. Noch eine Frage: was fuer eine Gitarre ist das? Sieht so aus wie eine Ukulele oder etwas wie so

[altemusik]

Middleages goes rock! Nice version!!!

If you want to hear the song with historical instruments and read an english translation put as a search:

Walther von der Vogelweide - Under der Linden (English subs)

[ahriman1986]

Mittelhochdeutsch blues

[RavensRightWing]

Wunderschön gemacht - und es hilft mir weiter, da ich an der Universität ein Referat über dieses Lied halten muss :) Danke!

[billkilpatrick]

bitta schoen!

[Nicoslu]

fucking scheiß gedicht alda. i hate that fucking crappy shit

[billkilpatrick]

that's because you're young, arrogant and - i would surmise - more than a little stupid ... reminds me of me. a few glorious memories in later life is like owning diamonds - just you wait and see ...

[SuperMaXarine]

@billkilpatrick

you are right. I think, this kind of music is just fascinating....but not everyone is seasonend enaugh to understand the magic off this music.

Great!

[DieKleineErdnuss]

very nice

We did it today in German Lesson.

[billkilpatrick]

vielen danke!

[dornroslein]

Lately I am focusing more on the German minnesaenger and I really enjoyed this rendition!Oh, if only we could go back in time and sit with these poets, recording all the lost tunes! When I began (attempting) to translate the lyrics from the Manesse Codex, I fell in love with it.I wasn't aware of the stature of Vogelweide in Germany when I picked him out of the others like the moon shining through the trees.I've been working on finding the pronunciation of MHG.The language is more like English.

[billkilpatrick]

thanks for the compliments ... i was told that old german sounded more like modern dutch - "hoop-dee-loop-dee-noop-dee-do­op ..." i once got some disparaging comments from someone in finland about my latin pronunciation ...

[billkilpatrick]

sorry ... "middle-high german," not "old"

[hankbellows]

super gemacht! (die paar Aussprachefehler stören nicht)

[Steffenelis]

Es ist noch immer so schön.

(Weißt du, daß ich englischen Text am Vorlesen bin? - Hör's dir mal an. Und schreib mir!

Herzliche Güße

Elisabeth

[schnurri23]

TANDARADEI!

[haiaielaial]

^^ naja

[burkardheike]

i´m from germany and it´s very funny to hear someone who can´t speak german sing medieval songs in german :-)

very nice

[VEXABATUR]

servus

i totally agree...........greetz from the south

[k2weed]

Respect ..... nice voice

and yes it sounds like a dutch dialect

spoke in limgurg province ( where i life close too ) danke.. please more vogelweide songs :)

[Steffenelis]

viel besser als Qntal

[zedbedd99]

If Kyot or Chretien had done a Walther "cover"........It might have sounded like this.

Schoen

[billkilpatrick]

chretien de troyes and kyot the provencal ... we learn something new every day - thank you.

wonder what instrument they would have used?

[zedbedd99]

Schoen

[vagadagadingdong]

very nice, and its funny to hear a yankee singing in mittelhochdeutsch :D it sounds funny with the accent, and wow, your voice is great, I really enjoyed listening to you.

[KarabinerM1898kurz]

you have a small frensh acent , are you frensh?

.

[billkilpatrick]

nope - 100% yankee ...

[KarabinerM1898kurz]

i must say you have a strong acent.

if you want to learn right Oldhighgerman or Middelhighgerman you must practice to speak this languages.

[billkilpatrick]

thank you for your concern - i really appreciate it. when i first learned the song, i checked my pronounciation with an austrian girl and a swiss man, both living in the village. perhaps i have a "tune-up" with them before attempting the song again. kind regards - bill

[KarabinerM1898kurz]

If you ave any questions to "how speak i this word out" you can tell me

[billkilpatrick]

viel dank ...

[Steffenelis]

Laß ihn doch accenten wie er mag und kann. Was soll er die Sprache ganz alleine auf der Welt praktizieren. Hat doch keinen Sinn.

Meinetwegen kann er es auch in Alt oder Neuenglisch singen. Oder in Chinesisch. Wichtig ist doch nur das Herz beim Singen. Und das hat er doch! He has his heart in singing!

But please, show the text in the info-box, billkilpatrick! I beg you!

[MrSlushy87]

It's Mittelhochdeutsch, but that doesn't change that this was a nice interpretation

[wwelti]

Hi Bill, cool! I see you got your new Guitalele. Nice playing, and i like althochdeutsch :D

Regards, Wilfried

[oldwhtman]

Nice tune. What flavor of german is that?

[billkilpatrick]

it's supposed to "old" german but with my accent, it could be anything. i'm told "old" german sounded something like dutch.