One of the first ensembles to revive this composer's music was Sequentia, in concert with West GermanRadio Cologne, who released such albums as Canticles of Ecstasy.
One of the first ensembles to revive this composer's music was Sequentia, in concert with West GermanRadio Cologne, who released such albums as Canticles of Ecstasy. A pioneering recording of thiscomposer's works is the album A Feather on the Breath of God, which pulled works from the collectionSymphonia harmoniae caelestium revelationum. This composer created a work in which the concept of evilis represented by Diabolus, who only shouts his lines. That work chronicles the struggle between good andevil for the soul of Anima, is titled Ordo Virtutum, and is the earliest known musical morality play. Most ofthis composer's works are collected in the Riesencodex and were intended to be sung at the convent atRupertsberg. For 10 points, identify this composer and abbess
One of the first ensembles to revive this composer's music was Sequentia, in concert with West GermanRadio Cologne, who released such albums as Canticles of Ecstasy.
Abbess Hildegard of Bingen [or Hildegard von Bingen; or the Sybil of the Rhine]