CONTINUUM: Hildegard - Sequentia - First & Last

By Milton G. Scheuermann Jr.

Published October 16, 2016 at 6:00 AM CDT

The first recording of the music of the medieval German Benedictine Abbess, Hildegard of Bingen, is performed by the ensemble Sequentia on this Continuum. The ensemble continued to record all of the music of the Abbess during the next decade with a collection of music about Saints, ending their project in 1998, the year celebrating Hildegard's 900th birthday - hence, the first and last. Recordings used are: Hildegard von Bingen (Sequentia) - Musical Heritage Society 513813H, Saints (Sequentia) - BMG Classics 0547277378 2.

Musica da Camera's Continuum

Milton G. Scheuermann Jr.

Milton has been the co-host (with Thais St. Julien) of Continuum since 1976. He is a true New Orleanean, born on Mardi Gras day, attending P. A. Capdau Grammar School and Warren Easton High School. After completing the five year program of the Tulane School of Architecture in 1956 he was drafted into the Army. After a two year stint in the combat engineers in Germany he returned to New Orleans to work with the architectural firm of Goldstein, Parham & Labouisse, becoming an associate in the firm of Parham & Labouisse after Mr. Goldstein’s death. He was appointed University Architect for Dillard University in 1972 and retired from that position in 2002.

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