The opening of the excerpt "Soul, Penitent" from Hildegard's Play of Virtues is in which mode?

a) Dorian, beginning and cadencing on the note D
b) Mixolydian, beginning and cadencing on the note E
c) Phrygian, beginning and cadencing on the note F
d) Lydian, beginning and cadencing on the note G


Answer: a) Dorian, beginning and cadencing on the note D

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