Hildegard VonBingen-1098-1179

Subject: RE: Hildegard VonBingen-1098-1179
From: open mike
Date: 05 Nov 03 - 01:21 PM

from the liner notes:
"The twelfth century is widely referred to as having witnessed a "Renaissance" in the sense of a full cultural flowering, and this reputation is largely due to the exceptional intellectual vigor, philosophical depth and aesthetic brilliance of the monastic arts
of the time....at the age of eight, she (Hildegard) lived the
cloistered life according to the Benedictine Rule.......As abess
of Rupertsberg, Hildegard's authority, fame and creative power
increased significantly. Between 1151 and 1158 she was writing
and collecting her musical compositions.....she carried out an
extensive correspondence with important personalities in
eccliastical and temporal circles, as well as turning her energies
to compiling encyclopedic works on natural science and the
healing arts. In her own time, as in ours, the "Sibyl of the
Rhine" amazes those with ears to hear her....

Subject: RE: Hildegard VonBingen-1098-1179
From: open mike
Date: 05 Nov 03 - 01:07 AM

i have heard it said that if she were a he,
her story would be more prominent in history.
i only recently heard of her, but one day found
reference to her in 3 different un-related books!

Subject: RE: Hildegard VonBingen-1098-1179
From: LadyJean
Date: 05 Nov 03 - 12:13 AM

Hildegarde was a visionary, who advised most of the rich and powerful of Europe. She was one of the German Cannoness nuns, who took vows of chastity and poverty, but not obedience. They were great scholars, writers and calligraphers. Abbesses of convents like Bingen, and Gandersheim were like the great lords of their time, they even struck their own coins. Hildegarde was great.

Subject: RE: Hildegard VonBingen-1098-1179
From: poetlady
Date: 04 Nov 03 - 09:29 PM

Sequentia recorded her complete works awhile back. I haven't listened to all of it, but what I have heard it wonderful. I love her poetry. It's very beautiful and insightful.

Subject: RE: Hildegard VonBingen-1098-1179
From: Raedwulf
Date: 04 Nov 03 - 04:03 PM

If the "Gothic Voices" version of "Feather..." is the one featuring Emma Kirby, I highly recommend it. It's absolutely superb!

Subject: RE: Hildegard VonBingen-1098-1179
From: open mike
Date: 04 Nov 03 - 05:11 AM

i like the term Hildaguardians...
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/PTBrown/

Subject: RE: Hildegard VonBingen-1098-1179
From: Jeanie
Date: 04 Nov 03 - 04:52 AM

Here's the Mainz link again:
Hildegard

- jeanie

Subject: RE: Hildegard VonBingen-1098-1179
From: Jeanie
Date: 04 Nov 03 - 04:48 AM

She is indeed a fascinating woman. Plenty of links here (mostly in English) from the University of Mainz:
Hildegard

See also www.hildegard.org

- jeanie

Subject: RE: Hildegard VonBingen-1098-1179
From: open mike
Date: 04 Nov 03 - 04:25 AM

i hear hildegard was a genius, and a woman ahead of her time...
just listened to (and tried to learn how to "burn" a recording
of) Canticles of Ecstasy. I hear she was very knowledgeable about
medicinal plants, and a prolific composer of music and one of
the first know women to do so, and also one of the premier
women authors...and the pope asked advice from her. She also
had migraines, which were often accompanied by visions...

Subject: RE: Hildegard VonBingen-1098-1179
From: open mike
Date: 04 Nov 03 - 04:22 AM

http://www.healingchants.com/hvb_links.html

Subject: RE: Hildegard VonBingen-1098-1179
From: katlaughing
Date: 03 Nov 03 - 06:48 PM

She's been mentioned in a few threads previously. My brother had always told me about her since he's a classical composer and had to study such things. Hers was an Amazing Life!

Thanks,

kat

Subject: RE: Hildegard VonBingen-1098-1179
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 03 Nov 03 - 06:02 PM

There are several CDs of her works available, 'Feather' is a good one for those stressed out moments.

There are a few books around too, notably a recipe book of hers, based on the diet the nuns had and full of little snippets of useful information on the mediaeval contemplative life.

LTS

Subject: RE: Hildegard VonBingen-1098-1179
From: Bonnie Shaljean
Date: 03 Nov 03 - 05:13 PM

There's a beautiful recording of her "A Feather On The Breath Of God" by the medieval ensemble Gothic Voices. Check it out if you haven't heard it.

Subject: RE: Hildegard VonBingen-1098-1179
From: Nemesis
Date: 03 Nov 03 - 05:08 PM

Only heard the "Vision" album - funked up overdubs .. but I liked it :)

Strangely, it had a peculiar effect on aggressive neighbours - after months and months of noise harrassment from them (long story) which deteriorated to the extent that the kids couldn't go out in the garden - put this on one day and watched them scuttle indoors: they couldn't stand it!! Which meant my kids got to play outside unharrassed that day!

Subject: Hildegard VonBingen-1098-1179
From: open mike
Date: 03 Nov 03 - 02:23 PM

i have recently become aware of this amazing woman who lived in germany.
more later...