1907 Biography of Giulio Bas

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1907 Biography of Giulio Bas

published 19 January 2014 by Corpus Christi Watershed

Giulio Bas was best known for his Gregorian accompaniments. Here’s a biography of him written in 1907 (approximately a decade before his accompaniments began to appear):

* * 1907 Biography of Julius Bas

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