Hildegard of bingen brief biography

Discover the visions, the biography, songs and famous quotes of this legendary composer and saint

Hildegard of Bingen was a saint, composer and poet.

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But it's only recently that her songs, writings and remarkable life and visions have been rediscovered. 

She was born over 900 years ago and for most of her 80-plus years was shut away in an obscure hilltop monastery in the Rhineland. This remarkable woman had left behind a treasure-trove of illuminated manuscripts, scholarly writings and songs written for her nuns to sing at their devotions.

Her sublime, life-affirming music struck a chord with young professionals seeking solace and inspiration in a violent, troubled world.

And so a recording of Hildegard’s music, A Feather On The Breath Of God, introducing the pure soprano of Emma Kirkby and Gothic Voices, became an unexpected bestseller.

Today we think of Hildegard as one of the first identifiabl Hildegard – a modern woman of the Middle Ages - Bingen am Rhein MUWE