The last of their schools survived until 1875 in the town of Memmingen.
The last of their schools survived until 1875 in the town of Memmingen. Their strict code of conduct was known as the Tabulatur, and they performed works configured in a structural pattern known as the bar form. Though founded by an aristocrat called Frauenlob, their ranks were primarily composed of tradesmen and the middle-class. Their high point emerged after Hans Folz called for an expansion of subject matter which led to more secular hymns sung by such men as Sixtus Beckmesser and Hans Sachs. FTP identify this 11th to 16th century group of German musicians immortalized by Wagner in an opera that places them in Nurnberg.
The last of their schools survived until 1875 in the town of Memmingen.
meistersinger(s)  (note do not accept minnesingers, these were courtly predecessors)