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''Ordo Virtutum'' (Latin for ''Order of the Virtues'') is an allegorical morality play, or liturgical drama, by Hildegard of Bingen, composed c. 1151. 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. A short version of ''Ordo Virtutum'' without music appears at the end of ''Scivias'', Hildegard's most famous account of her visions. It is also included in some manuscripts of the ''Symphonia armoniae celestium revelationum'' ("Symphony of the Harmony of Celestial Revelations"), a cycle of more than 70 liturgical songs. It may have been performed by the convent nuns at the dedication of the St. Rupertsberg church in 1152〔Sabina Flanagan. ''Secrets of God: The Writings of Hildegard of Bingen''. Boston: Shambhala, 1996. Page 119.〕 or possibly before the Mass for the Consecration of Virgins at the convent .〔Pamela Sheingorn. "The Virtues of Hildegard’s Ordo Virtutum; or, It Was a Woman’s World". ''The Ordo Virtutum of Hildegard of Bingen: Critical Studies''. ed. Audrey Ekdahl Davidson. Kalamazoo, Michigan: Medieval Institute Publications, 1992. Page 52.〕 ==Plot== ''Ordo Virtutum'' is about the struggle for a human soul, or Anima, between the Virtues and the Devil. The piece can be divided as follows:〔Audrey Ekdahl Davidson. "Music and Performance: Hildegard of Bingen’s ''Ordo Virtutum''". ''The Ordo Virtutum of Hildegard of Bingen: Critical Studies''. ed. Audrey Ekdahl Davidson. Kalamazoo, Michigan: Medieval Institute Publications, 1992. Pages 8-9.〕 Part I: Prologue in which the Virtues are introduced to the Patriarchs and Prophets who marvel at the Virtues. Part II: We hear the complaints of souls that are imprisoned in bodies. The (for now) happy Soul enters and her voice contrasts with the unhappy souls. However, the Soul is too eager to skip life and go straight to Heaven. When the Virtues tell her that she has to live first, the Devil seduces her away to worldly things. Part III: The Virtues take turns identifying and describing themselves while the Devil occasionally interrupts and expresses opposing views and insults. Part IV: The Soul returns, repentant. Once the Virtues have accepted her back, they turn on the Devil, whom they bind, and then God is praised. Part V: A procession of all the characters. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ordo Virtutum」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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