WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -St. Hildegard, also called Hildegard of Bingen or Hildegard von Bingen, byname Sibyl of the Rhine, (born 1098, Böckelheim, West Franconia [Germany]-died September 17, 1179, Rupertsberg, near Bingen; canonized May 10, 2012; feast day September 17), German abbess, visionary mystic, and composer.

Detailed explanation-2: -Her composition Ordo virtutum (c. 1151), is the oldest surviving music drama not written for church use. Hildegard’s most important works include Ordo virtutum, 43 antiphons, 18 responsories, as well as sequences, hymns, and chants. It is unknown whether her compositions were performed outside of her convent.

Detailed explanation-3: -Hildegarde of Bingen, also known as St. Hildegard and the Sybil of the Rhine, was an enormously influential and spiritual woman, who paved the way for other women to succeed in a number of fields from theology to music. She was a mystic writer, who completed three books of her visions.

Detailed explanation-4: -Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) was a German medieval writer, composer, philosopher.

Detailed explanation-5: -However, she was relatively unknown and her music uncelebrated until the 20th century when Philip Pickett and his New London Consort performed of four of Hildegard’s songs in 1979 in honor of the 800th anniversary of her death.