Davidson starts out her article explaining that to fully appreciate Hildegard’s music, especially one as prominent as Ordo Virtutum, one must dive into her style of music and the time period in which it was written. One thing that makes many of our modern transpositions in our world today so inauthentic is that they try too hard to modernize a piece that was made for the performer to interpret. Davidson explains that the starting note that was written was often not the note that was sung, but was merely a guideline for the performer to follow in whatever key or range felt most comfortable to them. This is just one reason why Hildegard’s music was so unique to her and to the period. Today, compositions leave much less room for interpretations, but most performers are expected to still put their own style and flair into the music which is done through vibrato, and flourishes whenever
Davidson starts out her article explaining that to fully appreciate Hildegard’s music, especially one as prominent as Ordo Virtutum, one must dive into her style of music and the time period in which it was written. One thing that makes many of our modern transpositions in our world today so inauthentic is that they try too hard to modernize a piece that was made for the performer to interpret. Davidson explains that the starting note that was written was often not the note that was sung, but was merely a guideline for the performer to follow in whatever key or range felt most comfortable to them. This is just one reason why Hildegard’s music was so unique to her and to the period. Today, compositions leave much less room for interpretations, but most performers are expected to still put their own style and flair into the music which is done through vibrato, and flourishes whenever