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IMC 2014: Sessions

Session 1734: St Hildegard of Bingen, II: Theology in Poetry and Music

Thursday 10 July 2014, 14.15-15.45

Sponsor:Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds
Organiser:William T. Flynn, Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds
Moderator/Chair:Jane Flynn, Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds
Paper 1734-aRiesenkodex Epp. 263 and 264: A New Vision of Music for the Convent at Rupertsberg
(Language: English)
William T. Flynn, Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds
Index terms: Hagiography, Language and Literature - Latin, Liturgy, Music
Paper 1734-bThe Tuba vocis racionalis: The Sonic Resonance of Reason in the Works of Hildegard of Bingen
(Language: English)
Alison Pemble, Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Bristol
Index terms: Music, Theology
Paper 1734-cHearing O Ierusalem: Hildegard's Apocalyptic Vision for the Virgins of Mount Saint Rupert
(Language: English)
Tova Leigh-Choate, Independent Scholar, Utah
Index terms: Hagiography, Language and Literature - Latin, Music, Theology
Abstract

Two sessions devoted to recent scholarship Hildegard of Bingen's music, theology, and poetry. The sessions treat works by Hildegard in roughly chronological order, focusing on the intersections between her theological expression and the ways in which these were transmitted in poetry and music.