Solesmes
Americannoun
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When French presidential contender François Fillon marked the Feast of the Assumption last summer, he attended Mass at Solesmes Abbey, a Benedictine monastery known for defying the anticlerical purges of the French Revolution.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 3, 2017
In the 19th century, the old Catholic music was saved, almost singlehanded, by the Abbey of Solesmes.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Vatican often calls on the monks of Solesmes to compose new church music in the traditional Gregorian style.
From Time Magazine Archive
Today Solesmes is the recognized center of Catholic liturgical music.
From Time Magazine Archive
I ordered Gen. Snow to move out to take up a position with his right south of Solesmes, his left resting on the Cambrai-Le Cateau Road south of La Chaprie.
From The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol 1, Issue 4, January 23, 1915 by Various
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