| The era of middle age music composers started | | | | to be Mother Superior she got a call from God. She |
| during the fall of the Roman Empire. Then around the | | | | stated that God told her to write what you see. In the |
| fifteenth century is when middle age music came to | | | | beginning she was a bit hesitant of writing the visions |
| an end. When the middle age music era ended next | | | | she was having so she held them inside. She began to |
| came the beginning of the Renaissance. When it came | | | | get a lot of fame in the 1140's after she started writing |
| to middle age music there were many different ones. | | | | about her visions and they spread around. When Pope |
| Middle age music composers came in all shapes, sizes, | | | | Eugenius heard about her visions he sent out a |
| ethnicity's and ages. | | | | commission and they declared that Hildegard was a |
| You had middle age music composers who would | | | | genuine mystic and she was not going insane. |
| chant. Chanting was sacred to them back then and it | | | | You should know that there were many other middle |
| represented the earliest known music to come about | | | | age music composers that were a lot like Hildegard. It |
| in the Christian Church. You also had the Jewish | | | | seemed that many individuals back then liked to join in |
| Synagogue who would sing psalms and this was a | | | | and sing middle age music. You should know that not |
| strong influence when it came to Christian chanting. A | | | | everyone who tried to become famous music |
| famous middle age music composer was named | | | | composers succeeded. For those individuals who |
| Hildegard Von Bingen. She was also known as | | | | succeeded really tried hard. Do you realize that music |
| Hildegard of Bingen. Hildegard von Bingen was born on | | | | has been around for a very long time? There is no |
| September 16, 1098 and died on September 17, 1179. | | | | doubt music has been apart of the world hundreds of |
| Hildegard was a German abbess, author, and a | | | | years before the middle ages even came about. If you |
| monastic leader. | | | | look at the Egyptian hieroglyphs you will see proof |
| From the time Hildegard was young she said that she | | | | because they created musical instruments. |
| had certain visions. Five years after she was elected | | | | |