Hildegard von Bingen was a German Benedictine abbess, polymath, mystic, and Doctor of the Church, active from 1098 to 1179.
She is known as the Sibyl of the Rhine and is one of the best-known composers of sacred monophony.
Hildegard was a devoted member of the Catholic Church, contributing significantly to its musical and philosophical traditions.
Biography
Early Life
Hildegard von Bingen, born on September 16, 1098, in Germany, was a remarkable figure of the High Middle Ages. As a German Benedictine abbess, she was not only a religious leader but also a polymath, excelling in various fields including music, philosophy, and medicine. Her early life was marked by visions and mystical experiences, which would later influence her extensive body of work.
Career
Throughout her life, Hildegard was a prolific composer and writer, creating a significant number of musical and literary works. She is celebrated as one of the best-known composers of sacred monophony, with her music being the most recorded in modern history. Her notable albums include "Ordo Virtutum," "A Feather on the Breath of God," and "Symphoniae (Geistliche Gesänge)." Hildegard's contributions to music were complemented by her writings on natural history, medicine, and spirituality, establishing her as a visionary and a key figure in the development of scientific natural history in Germany.
Legacy
Hildegard von Bingen passed away on September 17, 1179, leaving behind a rich legacy that continues to inspire musicians, scholars, and spiritual seekers. Recognized as a Doctor of the Church, her works have transcended time, and she is revered not only for her artistic achievements but also for her profound insights into the human experience and the natural world. Her influence remains significant in both religious and secular contexts, marking her as a pivotal figure in medieval history and beyond.
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Discography
Sapphire Night2003
- 1.O frondens virga2:30
- 2.Karitas habundat2:45
- 3.The Nine Orders of the Angels: I. Nos sumus Custodes Angeli4:06
- 4.The Nine Orders of the Angels: II. Archangelus6:54
- 5.The Nine Orders of the Angels: III. Sum Anael ex Septimi Chori5:03
- 6.The Nine Orders of the Angels: IV. Angeli Potestatis7:40
- 7.The Nine Orders of the Angels: V. Raphael sum Virtutum2:48
- 8.The Nine Orders of the Angels: VI. Dominationes3:01
- 9.The Nine Orders of the Angels: VII. Angelus sum Thronorum6:24
- 10.The Nine Orders of the Angels: VIII. Angeli ab lacrimis Michaelis3:59
- 11.The Nine Orders of the Angels: IX. Michael sum Seraphim3:50
- 12.O Euchari, Columba6:26
- 13.In matutinis laudibus: Studium divinatis1:20
- 14.In matutinis laudibus: Unde quocumque1:51
- 15.In matutinis laudibus: De patria1:33
- 16.In matutinis laudibus: Et ideo puelle1:42
- 17.In matutinis laudibus: Columba aspexit9:20
- 18.O Gloriosa5:29
Sponsa regis : La victoire de la Vierge dans l’œuvre d’Hildegard2003
- 1.Symphonia virginum: O dulcissime amator9:06
- 2.Hodie aperuit nobis clausa portia, antiphona2:24
- 3.De Sancta Maria: O splendidissima gemma, antiphona4:17
- 4.Affluens deliciis David Regis filia, sequentia2:15
- 5.De Sancta Maria: Ave Maria auctrix vitæ / O dulcissima / Gloria, responsorium9:19
- 6.Nunc gaudeant materna viscera, antiphona4:10
- 7.O frondens virga, antiphona / Psalmus XLIV (Carmen nuptiale de Regis Messiæ)7:17
- 8.Cun erubuerint infelices, antiphona2:10
- 9.Audi chorum organicum, sequentia5:39
- 10.Lectio I (Apocalypsis, XXII, 1-6, 13-17)5:09
- 11.O tu suavissima virga / Nam in mystico mysterio / Gloria, responsorium9:00
- 12.O virga ac diadema purpure Regis, sequentia6:55
- 13.Lectio II (Scivias, III, 8)1:40
Music of the Angels: Hildegard von Bingen: The Gold Collection2000
- 1.De Sancta Maria - O frondens virga1:49
- 2.Caritas abundat1:44
- 3.In Evangelium - O rubor sanguinis1:45
- 4.Deus enim1:03
- 5.Aer enim1:06
- 6.Sed diabolus0:48
- 7.De Virginibus - O pulchrae facies3:06
- 8.Item de Verginibus - O nobilissima viriditas3:46
- 9.De undecim milibus Virginibus - Spiritui Sancto honor sit4:39
- 10.In Evangelium - O rubor sanguinis1:28
- 11.De undecim milibus Virginibus - Favus distillans5:57
- 12.In Matutinis Laudibus - Studium divinatis0:58
- 13.Unde quocumque1:33
- 14.De patria etiam1:35
- 15.Deus enim0:58
- 16.Aer enim1:01
- 17.In Evengelium - Et ideo puellae istae1:13
- 18.Deus enim rorem in illas misit1:12
- 19.Sed diabolus0:46
- 20.Kyrie eleison -2:19
- 21.O coruscans lux3:09
- 22.O pastor anim arum1:19
- 23.De Sancta Maria - Hodie aperuit clausa porta1:59
- 24.Caritas abundat1:47
- 25.O felix anima4:14
- 26.De Sancta Maria - Quia ergo femina1:58
- 27.De Sancta Maria - O clarissima mater8:40
- 28.O frondens virga1:40
- 29.De Virginibus - O pulchrae facies2:57
Aurora: The Complete Hildegard von Bingen, Volume 21999
- 1.From Wherever They Came (Unde quocumque venientes)1:22
- 2.O Leafy Branch (O frondens virga)2:06
- 3.O How Precious (O quam preciosa)4:31
- 4.Because It Was a Woman (Quia ergo femina)1:44
- 5.Ave Maria7:24
- 6.Divine Love Abounds (Caritas habundat)1:50
- 7.O Great Wonder (O quam magnum)3:15
- 8.Hail, Noble One (Ave generosa)5:35
- 9.O Branch and Crown (O virga ac diadema)7:38
- 10.So God Watered Them With Dew (Deus enim rorem in illas misit)1:06
- 11.O Energy of Wisdom (O virtus sapientie)1:56
- 12.O Sweetest Lover (O dulcissime amator)7:44
- 13.While the Craft of God's Finger (Cum processit factura digiti Dei)3:02
- 14.Spiritual sancto4:19
- 15.O Father of All (O pater omnium)5:26
Ordo Virtutum1998
- 1.Ordo Virtutum: Prologue. Qui sunt hi, qui ut nubes?2:24
- 2.Processional of Embodied Souls2:29
- 3.Ordo Virtutum: Scene 1. O nos peregrine sumus2:24
- 4.Anima Processional2:59
- 5.Ordo Virtutum: Scene 1. O dulcis divinitas2:11
- 6.Anima Processional0:46
- 7.Ordo Virtutum: Scene 1. O gravis labor9:40
- 8.Instrumental Dance1:59
- 9.Ordo Virtutum: Scene 2. Ego Humilitas24:26
- 10.Instrumental Dance1:49
- 11.Symphonia armonie celestium revelationem: O quam magnum miraculum4:33
- 12.Symphonia armonie celestium revelationem: O felix anima4:29
- 13.Symphonia armonie celestium revelationem: O quam mirabilis3:13
- 14.Instrumental Lament2:18
- 15.Ordo Virtutum: Scene 3. Heu! Heu! nos virtutes plangamus13:03
- 16.Ordo Virtutum: Scene 3. Que es, aut unde venis?9:07
- 17.Ordo Virtutum: Finale. In principio4:08
Hortus Deliciarum1998
- 1.Enixa est puerpera3:04
- 2.Sol oritur occasus nescius2:39
- 3.O rubor sanguinis1:32
- 4.Favus distillans Ursula Virgo3:44
- 5.Hec est mater1:02
- 6.Leto leta concio1:06
- 7.Congaudeat turba fidelium3:01
- 8.Kyrie - Magne deus3:38
- 9.Dilexisti lustitiam2:09
- 10.Veri floris sub figura3:36
- 11.Primus parens hominum2:00
- 12.Offerentur regi virgines3:31
- 13.Sanctus - Phos, patris karitatis3:33
- 14.Agnus Dei - Ave Maria2:52
- 15.a. Jube domine / b. Navigantes Inde sursum / c. Beata virgo d. Sanctis Rome visitatis7:54
- 16.Cum vox sanguinis6:35
- 17.Procedentem sponsum de Thalamo1:29
- 18.Diapente et Diatesseron1:46
- 19.Stephani primi martiris5:24
- 20.a. Alleluia - In Maria benignitas / b. O virga mediatrix5:18
- 21.Ite Iam sine tristicia1:04
Saints1998
- 1.To God The Father: O Magne Pater3:05
- 2.To Saint Boniface: O Bonifaci2:46
- 3.To Saint Disibodus: O Mirum Admirandum - Domini Est Terra7:52
- 4.To Saint Disibodus: Instrumental Piece For Fiddles7:27
- 5.To Saint Disibodus: O Viriditas Digiti Dei5:51
- 6.To Saint Disibodus: O Beata Infantia Domine - Dominus Noster5:55
- 7.To Saint Disibodus: O Felix Anima6:33
- 8.To Saint Disibodus: Instrumental Piece For Fiddles6:40
- 9.To Saint Disibodus: O Presul Vere Civitatis8:45
- 10.To Saint Maximinus: Columba Aspexit6:28
- 11.To Saint Maximinus: Instrumental Piece For Fiddles & Harp5:24
- 12.To Saint Ursula: O Ecclesia7:43
- 13.To Saint Ursula: Spiritui Sancto5:52
- 14.To Saint Mathias: Mathias, Sanctus Per Electionem6:33
- 15.To The Holy Widows: O Pater Omnium4:37
- 16.To Saint Eucharius: O Euchari, Columba Virtutem Illius6:08
- 17.To Saint Eucharius: O Euchari, In Leta Via Ambulasti6:58
11,000 Virgins: Chants for the Feast of St. Ursula1997
- 1.Karlsruhe LX: Antiphon: Auctori vite psalmis / Invitatory: Venite exsultemus domino8:55
- 2.Symphonia armonie celestium revelationum: O dulcissime amator9:25
- 3.Ahrweil Antiphoner: Hymn: Jesu corona virginum2:53
- 4.Symphonia armonie celestium revelationum: Spiritui sancto6:54
- 5.Karlsruhe LX: Versicle: Specie tua0:29
- 6.Symphonia armonie celestium revelationum: Favus distillans6:53
- 7.Engelberg 314: Benedicamus domino0:58
- 8.Symphonia armonie celestium revelationum: In matutinus laudibus: Studium divinitatis1:12
- 9.Ahrweil Antiphoner: Psalm 92: Dominus regnavit / Studium divinitatis3:31
- 10.Symphonia armonie celestium revelationum: O Ecclesia10:13
- 11.Engelberg 314: Benedicamus domino0:57
- 12.Berlin 40046: Chapter: Domine deus meus0:51
- 13.Karlsruhe LX: Brief Responsory: Mirabilis deus1:14
- 14.Symphonia armonie celestium revelationum: Cum vox sanguinis8:10
- 15.Symphonia armonie celestium revelationum: O rubor sanguinis1:39
- 16.Ahrweil Antiphoner: Canticle: Magnificat anima mea / O rubor sanguinis5:04
- 17.Ahrweil Antiphoner: Hymn: Te lucis ante terminum2:03
- 18.Worcester F. 160: Benedicamus domino0:48
"O Vis Aeternitatis": Vespers in der Abtei St. Hildegard1997
- 1.Eröffnungsvers: "Deus in audiutorium"1:02
- 2.I. Antiphon "O aeterne Deus" mit Ps 109/1106:24
- 3.II. Antiphon "Spiritus Sanctus" mit Ps 110/1117:55
- 4.III. Antiphon "O magne Pater* mit Ps 129/1307:43
- 5.IV. Antiphon "Caritas abundat" mit Ps 130/1315:24
- 6.Lesung Offb. 21, 1-5a1:51
- 7.Responsorium "O vis aeternitatis"6:09
- 8.Sequenz "O ignis Spiritus Paracliti"5:47
- 9.Anttiphon zum Magnificat "O quam mirabilis" Magnificat8:15
- 10.Schlussgebete Kyrie & Pater noster2:29
- 11.Sequenz De Sancto Disibod "O praesul verae civitatis'"6:50
- 12.Sequenz De Sancto Ruperto "O Jerusalem, aurea civitas"9:37
Laudes de Sainte Ursule1997
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Celestial Light1997
- 1.O lucidissima5:49
- 2.Novi sideris Lumen respenduit3:44
- 3.O cruor sanguinis1:40
- 4.Deus misertus hominis5:16
- 5.O tu illustrata6:38
- 6.Flos ut rosa floruit2:31
- 7.O viridissima virga4:16
- 8.From the Circling Wheel: I. Song to the Creator (O verbum Patris)5:57
- 9.From the Circling Wheel: II. Song of the Virgin to her Son (O fili dilectissime)5:20
- 10.From the Circling Wheel: III. Song to the Virgin (O Magna res)4:58
- 11.Nunc gaudeant2:48
- 12.O eterne Deus2:43
- 13.Ave Maris stella4:45
- 14.O nobilissima viriditas6:59
O Jerusalem1997
- 1.Symphonia armonie celestium revelationem: O Jerusalem (Sequence to St. Rupert)10:26
- 2.Symphonia armonie celestium revelationem: Quia felix pueritia (Antiphon to St. Rupert) / Magnificat / Quia felix pueritia5:27
- 3.Symphonia armonie celestium revelationem: O felix apparitio (Antiphon to St. Rupert)2:34
- 4.Symphonia armonie celestium revelationem: O beatissime Ruperte2:23
- 5.Instrumental Piece5:46
- 6.Symphonia armonie celestium revelationem: O tu illustrata (Antiphon and Versicle to Maria)7:46
- 7.Symphonia armonie celestium revelationem: Cum erubuerint (Antiphon to Maria)2:49
- 8.Symphonia armonie celestium revelationem: O frondens virga (Antiphon to Maria) / Gloria Patri / Ave Generosa (Hymn)5:55
- 9.Symphonia armonie celestium revelationem: O quam preciosa (Responsory to Maria)7:05
- 10.Symphonia armonie celestium revelationem: O ignee Spiritus (Hymn to the Holy Spirit)6:49
- 11.Instrumental Piece5:41
- 12.Symphonia armonie celestium revelationem: O quam magnum miraculum est (Responsory to Maria)4:43
Celestial Stairs1997
- 1.Domine, labia mea aperies1:51
- 2.Symphonia armonie celestium revelationem: O quam mirabilis2:54
- 3.Symphonia armonie celestium revelationem: O viridissima virga3:14
- 4.Clara sonent organa (instrumental)4:02
- 5.Qui timet Dominum - Laudate pueri Dominum2:15
- 6.Symphonia armonie celestium revelationem: O spectabiles viri4:57
- 7.Symphonia armonie celestium revelationem: O spectabiles viri (instrumental)4:56
- 8.Symphonia armonie celestium revelationem: O tu illustrata5:37
- 9.Symphonia armonie celestium revelationem: O tu illustrata (instrumental)3:41
- 10.Symphonia armonie celestium revelationem: Nunc gaudeant materna viscera2:27
- 11.Laudate Dominum omnes gentes0:55
- 12.Symphonia armonie celestium revelationem: Caritas abundat4:20
- 13.Laudate Dominum in sanctis ejus1:39
- 14.Symphonia armonie celestium revelationem: O lucidissima apostolorum turba5:08
- 15.Ordo Virtutum: Epilog. O Pater omnipotens - In principio5:24
O Nobilissima Viriditas1996
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Symphony of The Harmony of Celestial Revelations: The Complete Hildegard von Bingen, Volume 11996
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Heavenly Revelations: Hymns, Sequences, Antiphons, Responds1995
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The Harmony of Heaven1995
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Voice of the Blood1995
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Vision: The Music of Hildegard von Bingen1994
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Canticles of Ecstasy1994
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Jouissance1993
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Zum Fest der Heiligen Hildegard von Bingen (Schola und Chor der Benediktinerinnenabtei St Hildegard, Eibingen)1990
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A Feather on the Breath of God1985
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Symphoniae (Geistliche Gesänge)1985
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Ordo virtutum1982
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Also known as: Hildegard, Hildegard af Bingen, Hildegard of Bingen, Hildegard van Bingen, Hildegard von Binden, Hildegarda de Bingen
German Benedictine abbess, polymath, mystic and Doctor of Church (1098–1179)
Hildegard of Bingen, also known as the Sibyl of the Rhine, was a German Benedictine abbess and polymath, active during the High Middle Ages as a writer, composer, philosopher, mystic, visionary, and as a medical writer and practitioner of the Catholic Church. She is one of the best-known composers of sacred monophony, as well as the most recorded in modern history. A number of scholars have considered her to be the founder of scientific natural history in Germany.
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