Considered the first morality play, ordo virtutum premiered in 1152, as a part of the dedication ceremony of the new abbey. In many ways, the play represents hildegards midlife transition, and her break from many. Before purchasing this dvd, i recommend reading a biography of hildegard. Only a single manuscript transmits hildegards ordo virtutum.
This is the second new series album to feature the stuttgartbased ensemble belcanto. The following 1 pages are in this category, out of 1 total. When few women were accorded respect, she was consulted by and advised bishops, popes, and kings. Download of bingen symphonia et ordo virtutum in pdf and mp3 for free and without s from. Through the artistic creations of her music and visions, hildegard of bingen assembled an unparalleled body of original theological works. Hildegard ordo virtutum download free sheet music and scores. Hildegard of bingen wrote ordo virtutum the play of virtues while asserting her independence, during the construction and relocation of her abbey at rupertsberg. At a time when few women wrote, hildegard, known as sybil of the rhine, produced major works of theology and visionary writings. Lucia mense, cora schmeiser soloist, ars chroralis coeln, maria jonas. Jun 09, 2015 the enduring appeal of hildegard of bingens 10981179 music was apparent in early may when a full house in canberra was treated to an ethereal, poignant and at times playful performance of her liturgical drama the ordo virtutum play of the virtues. Ancient to renaissance via the free bandcamp app, plus highquality download in mp3.
Antiphon, o quam mirabilis est, vision o euchari in leta via, o euchari in leta via, o virtus sapiente, o. Hildegard of bingen 10981179 was a remarkable woman, a first in many fields. This english text and translation of the play ordo virtutum by hildegard of bingen is based on a translation by peter dronke characters. Hildegard hildegard 1098 17 september 1179 alternative namestransliterations. Finally the time has come to record our own longawaited rendition. We have performed our ordo virtutum in europe and even taiwan. The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total. It is the earliest morality play by more than a century, and the only medieval musical drama to survive with an attribution for both the. Bingensis september 16, 1098 september 17, 1179 was a german magistra, monastic leader, mystic, author, and composer of music. All 21 recordings 7 s scores 20 p parts 1 agli innocenti falloni, matteo. Where its 2001 predecessor focused on contemporary composition by wolfgang rihm and others come unombra di luna, this disc looks at hildegard of bingen s ordo virtutum, written around 1150 and generally considered the first largescale musical work beyond the prescribed form of the. It was created, like all of hildegard s music, to be performed by the nuns of her convent. Students ciara cheli 20, kisha james 21, and genevieve welch 22 performing with cappella clausura in the ordo virtutum during this residency, which is connected with musicreligion 224 hildegard of bingen, an interdisciplinary course offered this semester for the eighth time by professors sharon elkins and claire fontijn.
Hildegard was born into a family of nobles in the service of the counts of sponheim, close relatives of the hohenstaufen emperors. Vocalists from the song company and the young artist festival fellows, directed by dutch. I found two fairly interesting examples of staged productions of both. Notes the symphonia armonie celestium revelationum, and ordo virtutum comprise the final 16 folios of the riesencodex, the monumental collection of hildegard s literary and musical.
In many ways, the play represents hildegard s midlife transition, and her break from many. When it was written in the 12th century it was centuries ahead of its time and perhaps in some respect still is. Elected a magistra in 16, she founded the monasteries of. Not only does the ordo s expansive duration set it apart from its precursors, but also its complex imagery and nonbiblical narrative have raised various questions. Some of the basic themes captured in ordo virtutum were later expanded in hildegards second principal theological piece, liber vitae meritorum the book of the rewards of life, c 11581163. Among her better known works is the ordo virtutum order of the virtues or play of the virtues, a type of early oratorio for womens voices, with one male part that of the devil. This is a four part dvd setone part dramatic vignette of a few scenes from hildegard s life very well acted, one part interviews with scholars of hildegard, one part interpretations of her artwork in a classroom setting, and one part performance of her ordo virtutem. Not only does the ordos expansive duration set it apart from its precursors, but also its complex imagery and nonbiblical narrative have raised various questions concerning its context and genre. Includes unlimited streaming of a late anthology of early music vol.