Hans Sachs (1494-1576) Mastersinger of Nuremberg, composer, playwright,poet and shoemaker. One of the leading figures in "Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg", the opera by Richard Wagner, first performed in 1868. After the aristocratic Minnesingers declined in the 13th century, the craftsmen and traders continued their tradition

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