Adam of St. Viktor
Adam von St. Viktor († 1146 ) was a poet and composer of Latin hymns and sequences . It is believed that the expansion of the poetic and musical repertoire of the Notre-Dame school was greatly fertilized by its strictly rhythmic and very pictorial poetry.
He can be traced for the first time in 1098, in the archives of the Cathedral of Notre Dame , where he was first subdeacon and later precentor . He left the cathedral around 1133 to go to the Abbey of St. Viktor , probably because of his attempts to introduce the Augustinian rule on the cathedral.
Adam was probably in contact with a number of important theologians, poets and musicians of his time, among them Petrus Abelardus and Hugo von St. Viktor . Possibly belonged Albertus Parisiensis to his students.
37 of his hymns were published in the Elucidatorium Ecclesiasticum by Jodocus Clichtovaeus , a 16th century Catholic theologian. The remaining 70 hymns were kept in the Abbey of St. Viktor until they were dissolved during the French Revolution . They then came to the Bibliothèque nationale , where they were discovered by Léon Gautier , who made the first complete edition (Paris, 1858). However, most of the attributions to Adam are uncertain.
literature
- Margot E. Fassler: Adam of St Victor , in: L. Macy (Ed.): Grove Music Online (grovemusic.com, May 20, 2006, subscription access)
Remarks
- ↑ It used to be assumed that he died in the late 12th century, but this assumption is now incorrect.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Adam of St. Viktor |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Adam of Saint Victor; Adam de Saint-Victor |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Poet and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 11th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1146 |