Hildegard von Bingen Antiphon
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O tu suavissima virga
Mode E (Phrygian)
O tu suavissima virga frondens de stirpe Jesse.
O you, sweetest branch, leafing from the root of Jesse.
Liturgical Context
Advent — the Jesse Tree
The Jesse Tree: Christ's genealogy as a living plant. Hildegard hears the sap rising through the generations. The melody climbs with it, branch by branch.
Symphonia armonie celestium revelationum · Rupertsberg, c. 1150