Les Mélodies grégoriennes d’après la tradition

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Les Mélodies grégoriennes d’après la tradition is a significant work by Dom Joseph Pothier, a French monk and scholar. Published in 1880, it became a standard text for understanding Gregorian chant. Gregorian chant is a monodic and rhythmically free liturgical chant of the Roman Catholic Church. Pothier's research, in collaboration with Dom Paul Jausions, aimed to reconstitute Gregorian chant based on medieval manuscripts. This work, along with his Liber gradualis, marked the beginning of a reform in liturgical chant. Pothier's efforts contributed to the broader movement to understand and preserve this ancient musical tradition.12

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…preface to Dom Pothier’s publication Les Mélodies grégoriennes d’après la tradition (1880), which became the standard work on the subject. In 1883 he published the Liber gradualis, which also included research earlier undertaken by Dom Jausions and which, with the Mélodies grégoriennes, marked the beginning of a reform in liturgical…
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…preface to Dom Pothier’s publication Les Mélodies grégoriennes d’après la tradition (1880), which became the standard work on the subject. In 1883 he published the Liber gradualis, which also included research earlier undertaken by Dom Jausions and which, with the Mélodies grégoriennes, marked the beginning of a reform in liturgical…
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