... ornamented inflections, and wide ranges. Hildegard's music did not get much attention by musicologists because of its difference in musical style from others at that of the Middle Ages. She was not included in music textbooks perhaps because her unique style was difficult to reconcile with much of medieval music and music theory. Divine Harmonies Music is extremely important to Hildegard. She regards it as the means of recapturing the original joy and beauty of haven, and to worship and praise god. According to her before the Fall, Adam had a pure voice and joined angels in singing praises to god. After the fall, music was invented and musical instruments made in order to worship god appropriately. This might explain why her music most often sounds like what we imagine angels singing to be like. Hildegard wrote hymns and sequences in honor of saints, virgins and Mary. She ...

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