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Dom Ermin Vitry, OSB, was in charge of building the pipe organ for the Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception in Peoria, IL.
Father De Santi opined that “Solesmes had rid themselves of Pothier by giving him an abbey”—to which Pope Pius X responded that it amounted to “a small compensation.”
There is much here to contemplate, written by a man with a deep reverence for the Sacred Liturgy and Music of the church…
This liturgical controversy lasted for fifty years!
As Gregorian Chant was arguably “dead” during much of his pontificate, Pope Saint John Paul II’s strong words on Gregorian Chant are therefore quite notable.
