Hildegard Society Announcements

Current Issue of Qualelibet

Autumn 2009, Volume XXVI.2

Announcements

The Wiesbaden Codex (aka "Riesencodex" ) Hs.2 has been digitized and is available for online viewing at the Hessiche Landesbibliothek Wiesbaden website.

Priscilla Throop has published a much anticipated English language version Hildegard's last visionary treatise, Liber diuinorum operum (Book of Divine Works) This version is based upon the critical edition compiled by Albert Derolez and Peter Dronke for the Corpus Christianorum Continuatio Mediaevalis CCCM 92 (Turnhout: Brepols, 1996). This work and her other translations can be found at her online Lulu storefront: http://www.lulu.com/pthroop

There's a new publication available on Hildegard: "Hildegard of Bingen and her Gospel Homilies. Speaking New Mysteries", by Beverly Mayne Kienzle xvi + 338 p., 160 x 240 mm, 2009, Hbk, ISBN 978-2-503-51777-3

Here is a short video story by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch regarding Margaret Waddell's recent Hildegard performance.

Jennifer Bain, Associate professor of Music Theory at Dalhousie University, has an article "Hildegard, Hermannus, and Late Chant Style"
in Journal of Music Theory.2008; 52: 123-149

Christian McGuire, Music Faculty Augsburg College has made available his 2007 thesis, "Symphonia Caritatis: The Cistercian Chants of Hildegard von Bingen."

About the ISHBS

Founded in 1983 by Professor Bruce Hozeski of Ball State University, The Interntational Society of Hldegard von Bingen Studies is comprised of scholars and enthusiasts interested in the promotion of the 12th century magistra.

The purpose of the society is to promote study, criticism, research, and exchange of ideas related to all aspects of Hildegard von Bingen’s work. Methods of achieving this purpose include but are not limited to, faculty exchanges, inter-institutional cooperation, annual meetings, participation in conferences, the publication of a newsletter, and the endorsement of other publications relating to Hildegard von Bingen studies.

Qualelibet, is the bi-annual newsletter which features articles touching on all aspects of Hildegard's life & reception - from in depth scholarly source studies to modern day reception history and concert reviews. As the ISHBS is an inclusive organization intended to promote dialogue among scholars and enthusiasts, Qualelibet welcomes studies from all perspectives and methodolgies as we explore the life and works of Hildegard and related subjects.