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Hildegard von Bingen |
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In contrast to such Latinists as the tenth-century Hrotsvitha von Gandersheim or the twelfth-century Hildegard von Bingen, early modern German nuns rarely produced work in Latin (with the notable exception of Caritas Pirckheimer). 1 In the Middle Ages, Hildegard von Bingen, who lived as a ________, became one of the first ever known composers of music, even through very few medieval women were taught how to __________________. On four small, dark screens set in wall recesses, an animated blossom of white appears and disappears in respiratory rhythm; each has its own sound track, ranging from Buddhist liturgical music to a vocal invocation by Hildegard von Bingen, the twelfth-century German nun now best known for her work's ubiquity on relaxation compilations. |
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