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Book SynopsisFor 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...
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Table of ContentsPreface
Introduction
Biographical Sketch
Composition and Dating of the Symphonia
The Symphonia in the Monastic Liturgy
Aesthetics and Theology of Music
Musical Style and Performance
Poetic Style
Themes of the Symphonia
The Manuscripts and the Order of Songs
The Text and Translations
List of Manuscripts
Order of Songs in the Manuscripts
Appendix: The Symphonia and the "Epilogue to the Life of Saint Rupert"
Music and Text in Hildegard's Antiphons
by Marianne Richert Pfau
Symphonia armonie celestium revelationum
Text and Translations
I. Father and Son
1. 0 vis eternitatis
2. 0 virtus Sapientie
3. 0 quam mirabilis
4. 0 pastor animarum
5. 0 cruor sanguinis
6. 0 magne Pater
7. 0 eterne Deus
II. Mother and Son
8. Ave Maria
9. 0 clarissima mater
10. 0 splendidissima gemma
11. Hodie aperuit
12. Quia ergo femina
13. Cum process it factura
14. Cum erubuerint
15. 0 frondens virga
16. 0 quam magnum miraculum
17. Ave generosa
18. 0 virga mediatrix
19. 0 viridis sima virga
20. 0 virga ac diadema
21. 0 tu suavissima virga
22. 0 quam preciosa
23. 0 tu illustrata
III. The Holy Spirit
24. Spiritus sanctus vivificans vita
25. Karitas habundat
26. Laus Trinitati
27. 0 ignee Spiritus
28. 0 ignis Spiritus Paracliti
IV. The Celestial Hierarchy
29. 0 gloriosissimi lux vivens angeli
30. 0 vos angeli
31. 0 spectabiles viri
32. 0 vos felices radices
33. 0 cohors milicie floris
34. 0 lucidissima apostolorum turba
35. 0 speculum columbe
36. 0 dulcis electe
37. 0 victoriosissimi triumphatores
38. Vos flores rosarum
39. 0 vos imitatores
40. 0 successores
V. Patron Saints
41. 0 mirum admirandum
42. 0 viriditas digiti Dei
43. 0 felix anima
44. 0 beata infantia
45. 0 presul vere civitatis
46. 0 felix apparicio
47. 0 beatissime Ruperte
48. Quia felix puericia
49. 0 Ierusalem
50. Mathias sanctus
51. 0 Bonifaci
52. 0 Euchari columba
5 3 . 0 Euchari in leta via
54. Columba aspexit
VI. Virgins, Widows, and Innocents
55. 0 pulcre facies
56. 0 nobilissima viriditas
57. 0 dulcissime amator
58. 0 Pater omnium
;9. Rex noster promptus
VII. Saint Ursula and Companions
60. Spiritui sancto
61. 0 rubor sanguinis
62. Favus distillans
63. Antiphons for Matins
a. Studium divinitatis
b. Unde quocumque
c. De patria
d. Deus enim in prima
e. Aer enim volat
f. Et ideo puelle
g. Deus enim rorem
h. Sed diabolus
64. 0 Ecclesia
65. Cum vox sanguinis
VIII. Ecclesia
66. 0 virgo Ecclesia
67. Nunc gaudeant
68. 0 orzchis Ecclesia
69. 0 choruscans lux stellarum
Four Songs Without Music
o Verbum Patris
o Fili dilectissime
o factura Dei
o magna res
Commentary
Bibliography
Discography
