Gregorian chant

Religion is the belief of, and worship to a higher unseen power, which supplies an adherent with the mental and moral attitude to seek answers to life’s enduring questions; aspects that a simple being’s mind identifies as inexplicable. Every religious tradition is typified by its four characteristics: beliefs and believers, sacred texts and writings, ethics, and also rituals and ceremonies. Each of these characteristics all work and interrelate with one another, in order to provide answers to…

Hildegard was a german composer, poet, musician, natural historian, and playwright. She was recognized by the twelfth-century Church as a visionary. She possessed a divine gift for perceiving images and messages directly from God. Hildegard documented her ornate visions in numerous important works, including the Scivias (c. 1151) and the Liber divinorum operum (c. 1170). She is also well-known for her medical and scientific writings and musical compositions. Famed for her prophesies and wisdom,…

was called Immortal Bach, the second: Selig Sind die Toten, the third: Richte Mich, Gott, the fourth: Hymnodic Delays, the fifth: I Am, and the sixth: Requiem Mass in D minor, K. 626. Throughout this performance the majority of the songs were Gregorian chant and performed in minor scales that presented a somber…

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The Middle Ages were a transitional period between the fall of the Roman Empire and the beginning of the modern world. Medieval life centered around the church, in which worship services were held, the sick, poor, elderly, and orphaned could take refuge. Here, within the nunneries and convents men and women alike were taught to read and write literature and music. Unfortunately the knowledge was screened by the Church hierarchy, and many were only taught to read works provided to them. Only a…