Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-06
[AMD|LLOTTE'S MASS
At ST. PA TRICKS
The Christmas Music to be Re-
peated There Next Sunday
With 40 Voices.

The Christmas music is TO be repeated
Mt st. Patrick's on Sunday next.
l.ambilottc's Mes. in ID will be rendered
by choir of 40 voices at st. Patrick :
Church next Sunday st IL q. N. Father
Grant will direct the choir of forty mixed
voices, assisted by the Hotel du Pont
orchestrs. No seats will be reserved
The Christmas program is repeated by
special request The celebrant of the
mass will be Rev William Mclaughlin
q. 5. S. +. Mrs. Elizabeth Schwab Whar :
ton. Miss Katherine Kane, Mrs. Bessie
Casey Givason Mrs. Marie Mulvena
Ryan. Mrs Florence Beehan McGold-
rick, Thomas O'Neill and John ]. Flood
viii do the solo work.
Louis Lambillotte, Belgian Jesuit, com :
poser and photographer of church music
was born at La Hamaide, near Charleroi.
Belgium, March ~, 1895. Died st Paris
February 81. 1855. His name Is now
chiefly remembered IN connection With
the restoration of Gregorian music. which
ne inaugurated and greatly promoted by
his scientific researches and publications.
At the age of fifteen, he became organist
OF Charieroi, later he went IN similar
capacity to ssDenansur-Meuso. ln lS2O
he was appointed choirmaster snd organ
ist of the Jesuit College of SAINT Acheu |
Amiens. While exercising these functions
he also studied the Classics and at the
end of FIVE years, in August 1928 he en-
tered the Society of Jesus. The thirty
wears of his Jesuit life We're spent successive
lyin the Colleges OF SENT Acheul, FRI
bourg. Estavaver Brugelette and Naugi-
rard While occupied in teaching and
directing music. he gave himself up more
entirely to composition with view to
enhance the splendour both of the religious
ceremonies and the Academic entertain
ments in those newly founded Colleges.
Tn irrehgious levity of some of Louis
Lambilottc's church music is condemned
10y his own writings III which he upheld
the correct principles; that he did not
always remember them IN practice Is
owing no doubt to the utterly secular
stvle prevalent IN his day. He spent his
best energies in seeking to restore 10
C,reporian music it's original sweetness and
melodious character The decadence of
the itrrgical chant had been brought
,bout by its faulty execution and this
in turn was due to the corrupt versions
thst had been in use for several centuries.
As a practical guide towards radical
restoration the celebrated Benedictine
Abbot Dom Gueranger IN his "Instltu-
tions I.lturgiques' had laid down the
principle that when a large number of
manuscripts Of various epochs and from
different countries agree IN the version
of a chant il may be affirmed that those
NJ. :. :. undoubtedly give us the phrase
Of st. Gregory Acting upon his principle,
I.ambillotte TOR many years gathered
and compared all the documents that
were TO be found IN the Jesuit houses.
He next undertook to visit and revisit
every country Of Europe, exploring Ii
braries secular as well as Monastic in
search of the most ancient NJ. 5. ). and
al treaties bearing on the history in theory
Of the chant. His contemporaries placed
the following inscription on his tomb at
Nsugirard:
Quik oencinit Jesum Et Marian eri-
puitque tenebriS Gregorium hume supers
lnsecere Christie choris.
Receive o Christ into Thy choirs
above him who sang the praises OF Jesus
and Mary and rescued the music of
Gregory from the darkness of ages.
The program in full viii be given later.
Rev James p. Quigley P. R. is pastor.