?si=2xjPU8WlS7Yk5tRI Dur­ing her life­time, the medieval abbess Hilde­gard von Bin­gen (1098–1179) com­posed rough­ly 77 songs and hymns. She remains the ear­li­est known woman com­pos­er in West­ern clas­si­cal music and one of the most impor­tant com­posers of the High Mid­dle Ages. In her hon­or, a YouTu­ber who goes by Hilde­gard von Blin­gin’ has devel­oped a pen­chant for mak­ing Bard­core music, “a pas­tiche genre that takes mod­ern songs and makes them ‘old-timey’ with Medieval and Renais­sance inspired instru­men­ta­tion.” Most of the instru­men­tals fea­ture a mix of vir­tu­al and real instru­ments, includ­ing the Celtic harp, Irish whis­tle, and recorder. Hildy’s lat­est release offers a cre­ative take on R.E.M.’s “Los­ing My Reli­gion,” com­plete with some revised lyrics: I thought that I heard thee laugh­ingI thought that I heard thee singI think I thought I saw thee tryThat was but a dreamThat was but a dreamThat’s me in the cor­ner‘Tis I in the cor­ner‘Tis I in the fire­light, los­ing my reli­gion If you need a short escape from real­i­ty, this will serve you well. Enjoy! Relat­ed Con­tent  Expe­ri­ence the Mys­ti­cal …