About this title: Composed in the mid twelfth century around the time Hildegard also began writing of her mystical visions, the hymns and sequences in her Symphoniae share the same poetic imagery and intensity of expression as her other religious writings. Hildegard's fluid monody differs dramatically from the plainchant hymns of the church, where balanced phrases and stepwise motion were the norm. Instead, her chants are highly melismatic and wide ranging, shaped more in the interests of expressing the meaning of her original texts than to conform to an abstract pattern or ecclesiastical convention. Sequentia ...
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Format: Audio CD
Label: RCA
Date: 1993-04-29
UPC:054727702020
Description: Like New. RCA 1989 audio CD, scratch free, art on cover, insert, 14 spiritual songs, total time 62: 14 All proceeds benefit local libraries. read more
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