Stephen of Liège
Stephen of Liège (also Étienne de Liège; (c. 850 – 16 May 920) was a Frankish churchman who was the
bishop of Liège from 901 until his death in 920. He was a hagiographer and composer of church music. His surviving compositions include three Proper Offices for the Office of the Trinity, the Office of the Invention of St Stephen and the Office of St Lambert. Like the Offices of his contemporary Hucbald, Stephen's compositions follow the eight modes,[1] though the musicologist Yves Chartier does not consider this innovation, asserting that both composers "did no more than to apply openly a manner of composition that was prevalent in their milieu."[2]
Life and career
Stephen was born in the
bishop of Liège in 901, holding the post until his death in Liége on 16 May 920.[1]
His works include In Festi Sanctisissimae Trinitatis, an office for the feast of the Trinity. The celebration of the
Recording
- Etienne de Liège. In festo sanctissimae trinitatis. Psallentes. RIC 249
References
- ^ a b c Huglo 2001a.
- ^ Chartier 1995, p. 39.
- Nilles, II, 460), call the Sunday after Pentecost a Dominica vacans, with no special Office, but add that in some places they recited the Office of the Holy Trinity composed by Bishop Stephen of Liège (903–20);Catholic Encyclopedia.
Sources
- Chartier, Yves (1995). L'oeuvre musicale d'Hucbald de Saint-Amand: les compositions et le traité de musique. Montréal: Bellarmin. pp. 38–39. ISBN 978-2-89007-732-4.
- Huglo, Michel (2001a). "Stephen of Liège". doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.26706. (subscription or UK public library membershiprequired)
Further reading
- A. Auda, L'école musicale liégeoise au Xe siècle: Etienne de Liège (Brussels, 1922)
- Grier, James (October 2020). "De rebus incertis: Stephen of Liège and the Divine Office". .
- Huglo, Michel (2001b). "Herigerus". doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.12853. (subscription or UK public library membershiprequired)
- Jacobsson, Ritva Maria; Haug, Andreas (2001). "Versified Office". doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.43100. (subscription or UK public library membershiprequired)
- Kohl, Wilhelm (1995). "Stephan (von Tongern, Étienne de Liège), Bischof von Lüttich". In Bautz, Traugott (ed.). Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL) (in German). Vol. 10. Herzberg: Bautz. cols. 1395–1397. ISBN 3-88309-062-X.
External links
- Image of the Office of the Trinity by Stephen of Liège
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
| Artists | |
| People | |
| Other | |
