Name: Symphonia
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For this revised edition of Hildegard's liturgical song cycle, Barbara Newman has redone her prose translations of the songs, updated the bibliography and discography, and made other minor changes. Also included is an essay by Marianne Richert Pfau which delineates the connection between music and text in the Symphonia. Famous throughout Europe during her lifetime, Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) was a composer and a poet, a writer on theological, scientific, and medical subjects, an abbess, and a visionary prophet. One of the very few female composers of the Middle Ages whose work has survived, Hildegard was neglected for centuries until her liturgical song cycle was rediscovered. Songs from it are now being performed regularly by early music groups, and more than twenty compact discs have been recorded.

PREFACE

xi

INTRODUCTION

1

(63)

Biographical Sketch

1

(5)

Composition and Dating of the Symphonia

6

(6)

The Symphonia in the Monastic Liturgy

12

(5)

Aesthetics and Theology of Music

17

(10)

Musical Style and Performance

27

(5)

Poetic Style

32

(13)

Themes of the Symphonia

45

(6)

The Manuscripts and the Order of Songs

51

(9)

The Text and Translations

60

(4)

LIST OF MANUSCRIPTS

64

(1)

ORDER OF SONGS IN THE MANUSCRIPTS

65

(3)

APPENDIX: The Symphonia and the "Epilogue to the Life of Saint Rupert"

68

(6)

MUSIC AND TEXT IN HILDEGARD'S ANTIPHONS

74

(21)

Marianne Richert Pfau

Symphonia armonie celestium revelationum TEXT AND TRANSLATIONS

95

(2)

I. FATHER AND SON

97

(12)

1. O vis eternitatis

98

(2)

2. O virtus Sapientie

100

(1)

3. O quam mirabilis

100

(2)

4. O pastor animarum

102

(1)

5. O cruor sanguinis

102

(2)

6. O magne Pater

104

(2)

7. O eterne Deus

106

(3)

II. MOTHER AND SON

109

(30)

8. Ave Maria

110

(2)

9. O clarissima mater

112

(2)

10. O splendidissima gemma

114

(2)

11. Hodie aperuit

116

(1)

12. Quia ergo femina

116

(2)

13. Cum processit factura

118

(1)

14. Cum erubuerint

118

(2)

15. O frondens virga

120

(1)

16. O quam magnum miraculum

120

(2)

17. Ave generosa

122

(2)

18. O virga mediatrix

124

(2)

19. O viridissima virga

126

(2)

20. O virga ac diadema

128

(4)

21. O tu suavissima virga

132

(2)

22. O quam preciosa

134

(2)

23. O tu illustrata

136

(3)

III. THE HOLY SPIRIT

139

(14)

24. Spiritus sanctus vivificans vita

140

(1)

25. Karitas habundat

140

(2)

26. Laus Trinitati

142

(1)

27. O ignee Spiritus

142

(6)

28. O ignis Spiritus Paracliti

148

(5)

IV. THE CELESTIAL HIERARCHY

153

(26)

29. O gloriosissimi lux vivens angeli

154

(2)

30. O vos angeli

156

(2)

31. O spectabiles viri

158

(2)

32. O vos felices radices

160

(2)

33. O cohors milicie floris

162

(2)

34. O lucidissima apostolorum turba

164

(2)

35. O speculum columbe

166

(2)

36. O dulcis electe

168

(2)

37. O victoriosissimi triumphatores

170

(2)

38. O victoriosissimi triumphatores

170

(2)

39. O vos imitatores

174

(2)

40. O successores

176

(3)

V. PATRON SAINTS

179

(38)

41. O mirum admirandum

180

(2)

42. O viriditas digiti Dei

182

(2)

43. O felix anima

184

(1)

44. O beata infantia

184

(2)

45. O presul vere civitatis

186

(4)

46. O felix apparicio

190

(1)

47. O beatissime Ruperte

190

(2)

48. Quia felix puericia

192

(1)

49. O Ierusalem

192

(6)

50. Mathias sanctus

198

(6)

51. O Bonifaci

204

(2)

52. O Euchari columba

206

(2)

53. O Euchari in leta via

208

(4)

54. Columba aspexit

212

(5)

VI. VIRGINS, WIDOWS, AND INNOCENTS

217

(12)

55. O pulcre facies

218

(1)

56. O nobilissima viriditas

218

(2)

57. O dulcissime amator

220

(4)

58. O Pater omnium

224

(2)

59. Rex noster promptus

226

(3)

VII. SAINT URSULA AND COMPANIONS

229

(20)

60. Spiritui sancto

230

(2)

61. O rubor sanguinis

232

(2)

62. Favus distillans

234

(2)

63. Antiphons for Matins

236

(2)

Studium divinitatis

Unde quocumque

De patria

Deus enim in prima

Aer enim volat

Et ideo puelle

Deus enim rorem

Sed diabolus

64. O Ecclesia

238

(6)

65. Cum vox sanguinis

244

(5)

VIII. ECCLESIA

249

(8)

66. O virgo Ecclesia

250

(2)

67. Nunc gaudeant

252

(1)

68. O orzchis Ecclesia

252

(2)

69. O choruscans lux stellarum

254

(3)

FOUR SONGS WITHOUT MUSIC

257

(10)

O Verbum Patris

258

(2)

O Fili dilectissime

260

(2)

O factura Dei

262

(2)

O magna res

264

(3)

COMMENTARY

267

(54)

BIBLIOGRAPHY

321

(6)

DISCOGRAPHY

327

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