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.
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"This volume raises understanding of Hildegard's liturgical texts to new heights, solving major problems with the sources and situating the works in the broad plains of Hildegard's thought."-Speculum (from a review of the first edition)
"An important perspective to understanding Hildegard's life and work as a writer and saint."-Feminist Bookstore News --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
"An important perspective to understanding Hildegard's life and work as a writer and saint."-Feminist Bookstore News --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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This review is from: Symphonia: A Critical Edition of the "Symphonia Armonie Celestium Revelationum" (Symphony of the Harmony of Celestial Revelations), Second Edition (Paperback)
I haven't read the second edition, actually, but I did read the first (1988) and I'm using it at the moment. In addition to fabulous translations (literal and artistic) of Hildegard's poetry, Barbara Newman provides a great depth of description, background material, explanations, and information regarding Hildegard and her work. It's a sound scholarly reference and the poetry is breathtaking.
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Hildegard's biography is well documented, and the outlines of her eventful life are well known. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Son of God, Holy Spirit, Gloria Patri, Glorify the Father, Filium Dei, Spirit of God, Word of God, God's Son, Mount Bethel, Spiritus Dei, Agnum Dei, Evil One, Lamb of God New!
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Hildegard's biography is well documented, and the outlines of her eventful life are well known. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Son of God, Holy Spirit, Gloria Patri, Glorify the Father, Filium Dei, Spirit of God, Word of God, God's Son, Mount Bethel, Spiritus Dei, Agnum Dei, Evil One, Lamb of God New!
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- The Early Medieval Sequence by Richard L. Crocker in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Music of the Middle Ages: Volume 1 (v. 1) by Giulio Cattin in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Gregorian Chant (Midland Book) by Willi Apel in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- Nine Medieval Latin Plays (Cambridge Medieval Classics) by Peter Dronke in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Strunk's Source Readings in Music History (Revised Edition) by Leo Treitler in Front Matter, and Back Matter
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- The Book of Catholic Wisdom: 2000 Years of Spiritual Writing by Teresa de Bertodano in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Hildegard of Bingen: The Woman of Her Age by Fiona Maddock in Back Matter
- The Writings of Medieval Women, 2nd Edition: An Anthology (Library of Medieval Literature) by Marcelle Thiebaux on page 347
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