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(1098-1179) Religious leader and organizer, writer, advisor and composer (Where did she get the time to do all of this???), Hildegard Von Bingen is the earliest composer whose life history is known.
Hildegard of Bingen
Hildegard of Bingen biography: a profile of Hildegard of Bingen, medieval visionary writer and composer of music.
Saint Hildegard
The 1910 Catholic Encyclopedia includes a long biography of Hildegard, and mentions that she is in the Roman Martyrology and her feast day is celebrated in a few cities.

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