Hans Sachs: Where Shoemaking Meets Songwriting
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Hans Sachs: Where Shoemaking Meets Songwriting

The Meistersinger guild of blacksmiths, carpenters, lawyers, teachers, and businessmen wrote and recited songs. Hans Sachs was the greatest of them.
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