June 30, 2025
St. Hildegard of Bingen, 12th– The monastery, mystical, polymer, and church doctors of the century are best known non-Catholic for something else, that is, her music. Hildegard’s music has more music than other medieval composers. Her chants are beautiful, otherworldly, masterful, and ahead of their time. Some of them were written for her moral play, Ordo virtutumthis is also the first of that kind. Musicologist Margot Fassler joins the podcast to discuss what makes St. Hildegard’s music so special.
This episode is a crossover with his father Way, with two episodes in which Dr. Jim Papandrea introduces St. Hildegard’s life and writings. Try to listen to them for more context about St. Hildegard.
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How to Episode of Fathers on St. Hildegard’s Life and Work:
https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/512-st-hildegard-bingen-multimedia-visionary/
https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/513-st-hildegan-bingen-teutonic-prophetess/
Letters to Mainz Higher Stores in St. Hilldegard
https://digfir-published.maccmillanusa.com/mkay1eepages/mkay1eepages_ch9_4.html
Margot Fassler, 12th century cosmos, liturgy and art: the illuminated siebia of Hildegard
https://www.pennpress.org/9781512823073/cosmos-liturgy-and-the-the-twelfthe-century/
All music used with permission from Benjamin Bagby and Sequentia, who recorded her full work. Certain works from this episode are available in the album Ordo Virtutum, Symphoniae, and Bloody voice.
https://www.sequentia.org/projects/hildegard.html
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