Solesmes
[saw-lem]
- a Benedictine monastery in Solesmes, France, known especially for the work of its monks in editing and performing Gregorian chant.
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Solesmes restored to the church the Gregorian chant in its purity.
How France Built Her CathedralsElizabeth Boyle O'Reilly
It culminated in the ducal tomb at Nantes and the entombments at Solesmes.
How France Built Her CathedralsElizabeth Boyle O'Reilly
That is certainly the case as regards this excursion to Solesmes, for there is nothing, absolutely nothing to justify my alarms.
The CathedralJoris-Karl Huysmans
Gradually a resolve has been ripening in me, not quite clear I confess, to take refuge in the Benedictine cloister at Solesmes.
LegendsAugust Strindberg
We had an interesting breakfast—two Benedictine monks from the great abbaye of Solesmes.
Italian Letters of a Diplomat's LifeMary Alsop King Waddington