Saturday, September 17, 2011

HILDEGARD VON BINGEN - 'O VIS AETERNITATIS'



Hildegard von Bingen- 'O Vis Aeternitatis' from Canticles of Ecstasy - Sequentia
O vis Aeternitatis

Power of Eternity
you who ordered all things in your heart,
through your Word all things are created just as you willed,
and your very Word
calls forth flesh
in the shape
which was drawn from Adam.
Power of Eternity
Power of Eternity.
I have the CD. The music is gorgeous.

Translation of the lyrics here.

Padre Mickey has a wonderful sermon for the feast day of Hildegard von Bingen.

12 comments:

  1. .. is it really your birthday, Mimi? ...

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  2. Tommorow, Cathy. The good wishes are coming in early.

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  3. Hey! Did you know that Sept. 18th is the same day of the week as Christmas Day? Did you know that this is always the case? (I only know this since my sister has the same birthday and she figured this out at a young age. Happy Birthday tomorrow! This means Christmas Day will on on a Sunday!

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  4. Kay, I did not know that factoid. So Christmas will be on a Sunday this year. Thanks for the info.

    Wish your sister a Happy Birthday for me.

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  5. Happy Birthday!
    (My sister is a genius. Maybe all people born on this day are too?)
    Enjoy your day!
    Kay

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  6. Kay, someone slipped up in my case, because I didn't get the genius gene.

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  7. Happy Birthday!

    Did you manage to get the cd? Yay!

    I've recently been listening to some reconstructed music of the styles performed in Ancient Rome. Synaulia and Musica Romana are the two groups I've found - historians, musicians, archaeologists - who perform it. Most of what remains is the sort of things performed at private parties or for the Games. It shows the agglutinating nature of "Roman" civilization, as there are clear Greek, Syriac, Egyptian even Gallic/Celtic sounds there. Some sounds like free-form jazz. Some is just bizarre and rather like a first century version of trance music. I had never appreciated how beautiful the simplicity of a lyre is.

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  8. Mark, I did get the CD, and I love it.

    I didn't know the music you speak of was recorded. A lyre does, indeed, make a lovely sound.

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  9. You can find some of it on YouTube, I know.

    Synaulia has a couple of recordings, and Musica Romana has a recording of tracks called "Pugnate".

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