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
Profoundly interested in Catholic liturgy, she studied at the Benedictine school in Solesmes which Pius X, then Pope, considered the best school of plain song extant.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Singing of Solesmes Sir: I have just read your excellent Jan. 16 article.
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
"I should like to think," said the Abbé Plomb, "that it is not the thought of a visit to Solesmes that has thus upset you."
From The Cathedral by Huysmans, J.-K. (Joris-Karl)
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