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You look upon these thousands of manuscripts in much the same way that I view the plainsong editions of Guillaume-Gabriel Nivers.
Dr. Aaron James, who earned a double doctorate, has stated publicly that the Saint Jean de Brébeuf Hymnal does a wonderful job explaining—by means of gorgeous color plates—the difference between the “Pre-Urbanite” hymns and those which were modified by Pope Urban VIII (d. 1644). Dr. James calls the Brébeuf treatment of the urbanite reform “a […]
Dom Gajard said to Jean Langlais: “Hear the blackbird! It doesn’t know what an ‘ictus’ is, yet it sings better than we.”
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I’m not embarrassed, because these practice videos save us time during rehearsals.
