Editing Canzone (section)

=={{lang|de|Minnesang}}==
The canzone (German: ''Kanzone'') is the characteristic [[strophe|strophic form]] of {{lang|de|[[Minnesang]]}}, the [[Middle High German]] lyric genre. In {{lang|de|Minnesang}}, the canzone follows the tri-partite structure of the Provençal ''[[Canso (song)|canso]]'': two metrically identical {{lang|de|Stollen}} ("supports") form the {{lang|de|Aufgesang}} (literally "up-song"), which is followed by a metrically distinct {{lang|de|Abgesang}} ("down-song"). The following rules generally apply:
* each line in the first {{lang|de|Stollen}} rhymes with the matching line in the second
* the {{lang|de|Abgesang}} introduces new rhymes and may contain a non-rhyming line
* the {{lang|de|Abgesang}} is longer than a single {{lang|de|Stollen}} but shorter than the entire {{lang|de|Aufgesang}}.<ref name="Paul">{{cite book |last1=Paul |first1=Otto |last2=Glier |first2=Ingeborg |title=Deutsche Metrik|publisher=Max Hueber |year=1979|edition=9th |location=Munich|isbn=3190017190|page=88}}</ref>

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|-
! colspan="5" | Hartman von Aue, Crusading Song (MF 211,20)<ref name="Paul" />
|-
| rowspan="4" | {{lang|de|Aufgesang}} 
| rowspan="2" | 1st {{lang|de|Stollen}} 
| Swelch vrouwe sendet lieben man 
! a 
| ''Any lady who sends her beloved man''
|-
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;mit rehtem muote ûf dise vart, 
! b 
| ''In the right spirit on this journey''
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2nd {{lang|de|Stollen}} 
| diu koufet halben lôn daran, 
! a
| ''Thereby gains half of the reward''
|-
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;ob si sich heime alsô bewart, 
! b 
| ''If she conducts herself at home''
|-
| rowspan="3" colspan=2 | {{lang|de|Abgesang}} 
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;daz si verdienet kiuschiu wort, 
! c 
| ''So as to gain a chaste reputation''
|-
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;sî bete für si beidiu hie, 
! x 
| ''She prays for both of them here''
|-
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;so vert er für sî beidiu dort. 
! c 
| ''He travels for both of them there''
|}

This basic pattern is typical of early {{lang|de|Minnesang}}. As the genre develops, more complex forms are found. For example, one of Neithart's Winter Songs, "Winder, dîniu meil" (No. 32), has a 14-line canzone with the rhyme scheme '''a b c d | a b c d || e e f g f g'''.<ref>{{cite book|editor1-last=Weißner|editor1-first=Edmund|editor2-last=Fischer|editor2-first=Hanns|title=Die Lieder Neidharts|date=1968|publisher=Max Niemeyer|location=Tübingen|edition=3rd|page=106}}</ref>

The earliest canzone in {{lang|de|Minnesang}} date from the late 12th Century and are part of the more general influence of the Romance lyric.