''Frauenlied'' (or ''Frauenmonolog'') is, in the medieval German genre
Minnesang
(; "love song") was a tradition of German lyric- and song-writing that flourished in the Middle High German period (12th to 14th centuries). The name derives from '' minne'', the Middle High German word for love, as that was ''Minnesangs m ...
, a form of song (German ''
Lied
In the Western classical music tradition, ( , ; , ; ) is a term for setting poetry to classical music. The term is used for any kind of song in contemporary German and Dutch, but among English and French speakers, is often used interchangea ...
'') that presents a monologue in a female voice (despite the poets themselves usually being men).
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