Ordo Virtutum
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Ordo Virtutum (Latin: Order of the Virtues) is an allegorical morality play, or liturgical drama, by Hildegard of Bingen. It is the earliest morality play by more than a century, and the only Medieval musical drama to survive with an attribution for both the text and the music. The piece is written in dramatic verse and contains 82 different melodies, which are set more syllabically than Hildegard's liturgical songs. Ordo Virtutum is about the struggle for a human soul, or Anima, between 16 personified Virtues and the Devil.
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