When these recordings were made at Solesmes Abbey in 1930, Dom Joseph Gajard had just begun his long tenure as leader of the Solesmes monks; it would last until 1971. He had just taken over leadership of the already world-famous choir from Dom André Mocquereau, a quarrelsome character whose opinions on chant singing ran so deeply he sought to create his own retread of Liber Usualis only three years after it appeared in print in 1903. This edition has been long discredited, as Mocquereau made some errors in terms of his ...
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When these recordings were made at Solesmes Abbey in 1930, Dom Joseph Gajard had just begun his long tenure as leader of the Solesmes monks; it would last until 1971. He had just taken over leadership of the already world-famous choir from Dom André Mocquereau, a quarrelsome character whose opinions on chant singing ran so deeply he sought to create his own retread of Liber Usualis only three years after it appeared in print in 1903. This edition has been long discredited, as Mocquereau made some errors in terms of his understanding of modal rhythm; however, Mocquereau is notable in this context as the first leader to record Solesmes-based Gregorian literature, albeit with a breakaway choir, in Rome in 1904.Gajard's 1930 recordings were the first ones made at the Abbey of Solesmes of Gregorian chant by the native choir, made in support of a textbook on chant published that year. It is a tribute to Gajard that, in the wake of Mocquereau's contentious leadership, he was able to stabilize the choir...
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