Drei alttschechische Tagelieder im Licht der Gattungstradition

Abstract

The paper discusses traditional and innovative elements in three Old Czech alba – songs about meeting and departing of lovers in the morning after spending the night together. The traditional, constitutive features of the genre are discussed as well as specific innovations of the respective texts.

Keywords

• Old Czech lyric poetry
• minnesang
• early modern German love song
• medieval love song
• alba
• Tagelied