Solesmes
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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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
I have spent many years in the study of the Gregorian chant and spent much time at Solesmes.
From Time Magazine Archive
Today Solesmes is the recognized center of Catholic liturgical music.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the 19th century, the old Catholic music was saved, almost singlehanded, by the Abbey of Solesmes.
From Time Magazine Archive
He entered the convent at Solesmes, first as a postulant, then as a novice.
From France in the Nineteenth Century by Elizabeth Latimer
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