Meistersinger
![Hans Sachs, leader of a famous 16th-century Meistersinger school in Nuremberg](/Images/godic/202501/26/Hans_Sachs2045.jpg")
A Meistersinger (German for "master singer") was a member of a German guild for lyric poetry, composition and unaccompanied art song of the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries. The Meistersingers were drawn from middle class males for the most part.