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
And so compelling was the force of their meticulous research and meticulously conducted services that by the time Abbot Gu�ranger died in 1875, almost all the churches in France were following the liturgy of Solesmes.
From Time Magazine Archive
Today Solesmes is the recognized center of Catholic liturgical music.
From Time Magazine Archive
A street in Solesmes was named for him.
From Delsarte System of Oratory by Various
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