There is obviously a major difference between the two pieces of music. The major reason for these differences is the time periods. Hildegard von Bingen’s music was created long before Michael Praetorius, and you can tell by the style. Her song is very simple; it’s just her singing with no back ground music. This is because when she created this song it wasn’t popular to have music playing while some one sings. It also has a very dark, depressing sound to it. Michael Praetorius on the other hand is about as opposite you get. His song is full of instruments that create a very upbeat a cheerful sound, and as Mr. Craven told us, this song was created as a dance song. So people where having a good time while listening to this, which I don’t think was the same case with Hildegard von Bingen’s piece.
Hildegard von Bingen was born in 1098 and died in 1179. In her time period very few women wrote, but Hildegard produced major works of theology and visionary writings. An interesting fact about her is that she is the first composer whose biography is known. In her life she was able to overcome social, physical, cultural, and gender barriers in order to achieve timeless transcendence.
Michael Praetorius was born in 1571 and dies in 1621. He was a German composer and the son of a pastor. He first served as a Bishop organist, but later he became a Lutheran church composer and output his 9-volume Musae Sioniae containing 1244 chorale settings, but he also published many others.
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