sheet music
The Symphonia Series is a free sheet music resource devoted to the works of Hildegard von Bingen.
The series will incorporate Hildegard’s entire corpus of 77 songs, in addition to a performance edition of the Ordo Virtutum.
My editorial process attempts to render the most authentic depiction of the original, 12th-century neumatic notation as possible.
The notational vocabulary utilized in 12th-century Germanic lands is relatively clear with regards to pitch and duration. However, it is (gloriously) laden with interpretative and expressive potential. My ultimate aim is to offer a free performance edition that captures this potential as much as is possible in a modern transcription, supported with a new, highly accessible contemporary English translation.
Hildegard’s music should be available to anyone. I hope these scores will help you forge your own special connection with her powerful music and words, and that you, too, may become a part of her incredible legacy.
If you have any questions, issues, or requests, please contact me.
Allison Mondel
Director
Symphonia in Thematic Order
Songs are grouped according to the designations provided by Barbara Newman in Symphonia, Cornell University Press, 2nd ed., 1998.
Click each title to view individual song page where you can view and download score and translation.
Father and Son
| O vis eternitatis | Responsory for the Creator |
| O virtus sapientie | Antiphon for Divine Wisdom |
| O quam mirabilis | Antiphon for the Creator |
| O pastor animarum | Antiphon for the Redeemer |
| O cruor sanguinis | Antiphon for the Redeemer |
| O magne Pater | Antiphon for God the Father |
| O eterne Deus | Antiphon for the Creator |
Mother and Son
| O clarissima mater | Responsory for the Virgin |
| O splendidissima gemma | Antiphon for the Virgin |
| Nunc aperuit | Antiphon for the Virgin |
| Quia ergo femina | Antiphon for the Virgin |
| Cum processit factura | Antiphon for the Virgin |
| Cum erubuerint infelices | Antiphon for the Virgin |
| O frondens virga | Antiphon for the Virgin |
| O quam magnum miraculum | Antiphon for the Virgin |
| O quam preciosa | Responsory for the Virgin |
| O virga mediatrix | Alleluia-verse for the Virgin |
| O viridissima virga | Antiphon for the Virgin |
| Ave generosa | Hymn to the Virgin |
Symphonia and Additional Works in Alphabetical Order
Click each title to view individual song page where you can view and download score and translation.
| Ave generosa | Hymn to the Virgin |
| Cum erubuerint infelice | Antiphon for the Virgin |
| Cum processit factura | Antiphon for the Virgin |
| Karitas habundat | Antiphon for Divine Love |
| Kyrie | Movement of the Mass Ordinary |
| Laus Trinitati | Antiphon for the Trinity |
| Nunc aperuit | Antiphon for the Virgin |
| O clarissima mater | Responsory for the Virgin |
| O cruor sanguinis | Antiphon for the Redeemer |
| O eterne Deus | Antiphon for the Creator |
| O frondens virga | Antiphon for the Virgin |
| O magne Pater | Antiphon for God the Father |
| O pastor animarum | Antiphon for the Redeemer |
| O pulcre facies | Antiphon for Virgins |
| O quam magnum miraculum | Antiphon for the Virgin |
| O quam mirabilis | Antiphon for the Creator |
| O quam preciosa | Responsory for the Virgin |
| O rubor sanguinis | Antiphon for Saint Ursula |
| O spectabiles viri | Antiphon for Patriarchs and Prophets |
| O splendidissima gemma | Antiphon for the Virgin |
| O virga mediatrix | Alleluia-verse for the Virgin |
| O viridissima virga | Antiphon for the Virgin |
| O virtus sapientie | Antiphon for Divine Wisdom |
| O vis eternitatis | Responsory for the Creator |
| Quia ergo femina | Antiphon for the Virgin |