Editing Minnesang (section)

==Editions==
The standard collections are

'''12th and early 13th century''' (up to Reinmar von Hagenau):
*H. Moser, H. Tervooren, ''Des Minnesangs Frühling''.
**Vol. I: Texts, 38th edn (Hirzel, 1988) {{ISBN|3-7776-0448-8}}
**Vol II: Editorial Principles, Melodies, Manuscripts, Notes, 36th edn (Hirzel, 1977) {{ISBN|3-7776-0331-7}}
**Vol III: Commentaries (Hirzel, 2000) {{ISBN|3-7776-0368-6}}
**Earlier edition: {{cite book |editor1-last=Vogt |editor1-first=Friedrich |title=Des Minnesangs Frühling |date=1920 |publisher=Hirzel |location=Leipzig |edition=3 |url=https://archive.org/details/desminnesangsfr00unkngoog}}
'''13th century''' (after Walther von der Vogelweide):
*{{cite book | editor1-first=Carl  |editor1-last=von Kraus |editor2-first=Gisela| editor2-last= Kornrumpf | title=Deutsche Liederdichter des 13. Jahrhunderts| publisher=Niemeyer| location= Tübingen|date= 1978 | edition=2| isbn=3-484-10284-5}}. (=KLD)
*{{cite book |editor1-last=Bartsch |editor1-first=Karl |title=Die schweizer Minnesänger |date=1886 |publisher=Huber |location=Frauenfeld |url=https://archive.org/details/dieschweizerminn00bartuof}} (=SM)
'''14th and 15th centuries'''
*Thomas Cramer, ''Die kleineren Liederdichter des 14. und 15. Jhs.'', 4 Vols (Fink 1979-1985)

There are many published selections with Modern German translation, such as
*{{cite book |editor1-last=Klein |editor1-first=Dorothea |title=Minnesang. Mittelhochdeutsche Liebeslieder. Eine Auswahl |date=2010 |publisher=Reclam |location=Stuttgart |isbn=978-3-15-018781-4}} (German translation)
*{{cite book |editor1-last=Schweikle |editor1-first=Gönther |title=Die mittelhochdeutsche Minnelyrik: Die frühe Minnelyrik |date=1977 |publisher=Wissenschafliche Buchgesellschaft |location=Darmstadt |isbn=3-534-04746-X}} (With introduction, translation and commentary)
*{{cite book |editor1-last=Wachinger |editor1-first=Burghart |title=Deutsche Lyrik des späten Mittelalters |date=2006 |publisher=Deutsche Klassiker Verlag |location=Frankfurt am Main |isbn=3-618-66220-3 |url=https://mdz-nbn-resolving.de/details:bsb00059925 |access-date=30 April 2021}} (German translation and commentary.) 

'''Individual Minnesänger'''

The two ''Minnesänger'' with the largest repertoires, Walther and Neidhart, are not represented in the standard collections, but have editions devoted solely to their works, such as:
* {{cite book|editor1-last=Lachmann|editor1-first=Karl|editor2-last=Cormeau|editor2-first=Christoph|editor3-last=Bein|editor3-first=Thomas|title=Walther von der Vogelweide. Leich, Lieder, Sangsprüche|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hR3oBQAAQBAJ|year=2013|publisher=De Gruyter|edition=15th |isbn=978-3-11-017657-5}}
*{{cite book |editor1-last=Wießner |editor1-first=Edmund |editor2-last=Fischer |editor2-first=Hanns |editor3-last=Sappler |editor3-first=Paul |title=Die Lieder Neidharts |date=1999 |series=Altdeutsche Textbibliothek| volume=44 | others= mit einem Melodienanhang von Helmut Lomnitzer| location=Tübingen |isbn=3-484-20144-4 |edition=5}}
For these and some other major Minnesänger (e.g. Morungen, Reinmar, Oswald von Wolkenstein) there are editions with parallel Modern German translation.

'''Introductory works for an English-speaking readership'''
*{{cite book |last1=Sayce |first1=Olive |title=Poets of the Minnesang |date=1967 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford |url=https://archive.org/details/poetsofminnesang0000unse}} (Selection of songs with English introduction and commentary.)
*{{cite book |editor1-last=Edwards |editor1-first=Cyril |title=Minnesang - An Anthology of Medieval German Love-Lyrics |date=2022 |publisher=de Gruyter |isbn=978-3-11-021418-5}} (Selection of songs with English introduction and translation.)
*{{cite book |last1=Goldin |first1=Frederick |title=German and Italian lyrics of the Middle Ages: an anthology and a history |date=1973 |publisher=Anchor |location=Garden City, NY |isbn=9780385046176 |url=https://archive.org/details/germanitalianlyr00gold |access-date=11 April 2021}}