The South Tyrolean knight Oswald von Wolkenstein (ca. 1377-1445) is the most notable German lyricist of the late Middle Ages. His challenging oeuvre, which is preserved in two manuscripts that were written under his eyes and are kept today in Innsbruck and Vienna, comprises two rhymed couplets and 130 monophonic and polyphonic songs of different kinds, recorded with their tunes, ranging from spiritual songs and various types of love songs to songs in which the author reports his own experiences ...