1949 Practical Instruction in Plainsong Accompaniment

Corpus Christi Watershed · March 19, 2013

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* * 1949 Practical Instruction in Plainsong Accompaniment (PDF)

Note: This book has more practical examples and is more complete than the 1933 book by Potiron with preface by Desrocquettes.

• Practical instruction in plainsong accompaniment • Henri Potiron, professor at the Gregorian Institute of Paris • Translated to English by Gregory Murray • 240 pages • 1949 – Society of St. John Evangelist – Desclée & Co. – Printers to the Holy See and the Sacred Congregation of Rites – TOURNAI, (Belgium) – Printed in Belgium – Publisher’s no. 792 •

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