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Frankish churchman (c. 850?920)
Stephen of Liege
(also
Etienne de Liege
; (
c.
850
? 16 May 920) was a Frankish churchman who was the
bishop of Liege
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
,
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."
Life and career
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Stephen was born in the
Low Countries
around 850. In
Metz
he attended cathedral school and later went to the
Aachen
's palace school in 864. Following his education, Stephen attained numerous church posts: he became an abbot of St Evre, St Mihiel and
Lobbes
as well as a canon of
Metz Cathedral
. He was elected
bishop of Liege
in 901, holding the post until his death in Liege on 16 May 920.
His works include
In Festi Sanctisissimae Trinitatis
, an office for the feast of the Trinity. The celebration of the
Feast of the Holy Trinity
is attributed to him.
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Recording
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- Etienne de Liege. In festo sanctissimae trinitatis
. Psallentes. RIC 249
References
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- ^
The
Menologies
(
P.L.
, CLI, 1020), written during the pontificate of
Gregory VII
(
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 Liege (903?20)
;
Catholic Encyclopedia
.
Sources
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Further reading
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- A. Auda,
L'ecole musicale liegeoise au Xe siecle: Etienne de Liege
(Brussels, 1922)
- Grier, James (October 2020). "De rebus incertis: Stephen of Liege and the Divine Office".
Plainsong & Medieval Music
.
29
(2): 119?136.
doi
:
10.1017/S0961137120000108
.
- Huglo, Michel (2001b).
"Herigerus"
.
Grove Music Online
. Oxford:
Oxford University Press
.
doi
:
10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.12853
.
(subscription or
UK public library membership
required)
- Jacobsson, Ritva Maria; Haug, Andreas (2001).
"Versified Office"
.
Grove Music Online
. Oxford:
Oxford University Press
.
doi
:
10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.43100
.
(subscription or
UK public library membership
required)
- Kohl, Wilhelm (1995). "Stephan (von Tongern, Etienne de Liege), Bischof von Luttich". In Bautz, Traugott (ed.).
Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL)
(in German). Vol. 10. Herzberg: Bautz. cols. 1395?1397.
ISBN
3-88309-062-X
.
External links
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- Image
of the Office of the Trinity by Stephen of Liege
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