The album, titled "ANIMA MEA," explores the Christian concept of the soul through masterpieces of medieval Sacred Music.
Performer Biography
Ensemble Cosmedin, a German duo named after a church in Rome, is considered a leading ensemble for medieval and modern sacred music.
Instruments
Hildegard von Bingen, a medieval abbess, writer, composer, and philosopher, advocated for the use of musical instruments in divine praise, unlike her contemporaries.
Composition History
The recently rediscovered Erfurt Ritual contains sung music from Master Eckhart's historical context, with some antiphons performed here for the first time since 1525.
Instruments
The psaltery and long-necked lute originated in the early high cultures of Mesopotamia and Persia, while the fiddle arrived in Europe from Central Asia via Byzantium and North Africa in the 11th century.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Hildegard of Bingen, a medieval abbess, writer, composer, and philosopher, believed her exalted harmonies represented God's order in the music of the spheres.
Instruments
Bells, which also originated in Asia, were brought to Rome via Byzantium on the initiative of Emperor Constantine's mother Helena and have been used in German monasteries for 1400 years.
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