O viridissima virga

• O viridissima virga (“O branch of freshest green”) is a song to the Virgin Mary. The song is organized into eight musical sections that all begin on the same note (G), so the listener is able to decipher when each new thematic idea begins.¹

Score, text, and translation for O viridissima virga

1. Nathaniel M. Campbell, Beverly R. Lomer, and Xenia Sandstrom-McGuire, “The Symphonia and Ordo Virtutum of Hildegard von Bingen,” International Society of Hildegard Studies (2014), accessed September 7, 2022, http://www.hildegard-society.org/p/music.html#Symphonia.