page_title: Gregorian Institute of Paris
section_title: Creation
hierarchical_section_title: Gregorian Institute of Paris / History / Creation
caption_attribution_description: Le nouvel archevêque de Paris, Mgr Dubois, devant Notre-Dame (photographie de presse)
context_page_description: The Gregorian Institute of Paris was a pedagogical and religious establishment founded in Paris in 1923 having in view the musicianship of Gregorian chant. This institute was created following a Parisian congress devoted to Gregorian chant and sacred music, held in December 1922.
  During the Second Vatican Council, this establishment became the Institut de musique liturgique in 1964, and finally was integrated with the Institut catholique de Paris in 1968, after their long collaboration.
context_section_description: In December 1922, a congress of Gregorian chant and sacred music was organized by l'Art Catholique. This conference was a huge success, thanks to the support of the new Archbishop of Paris since 1920, Louis-Ernest Dubois, and above all to the support of the monks of the Solesmes Abbey, who returned to France after their long exile to Quarr Abbey in England.
  That is why, taking advantage of this success, the Gregorian Institute in Paris was founded under the protection of the Cardinal. Dom Joseph Gajard of Solesmes was in charge of teaching Gregorian chant there for two years, between Wednesday and Friday. Two years later, a former student of the Schola Cantorum de Paris, Auguste Le Guennant, succeeded him, not only as professor but also as director of the school. Following this creation, Pope Pius XI, a true successor of the liturgical reform of Saint Pope Pius X, expressed his "lively satisfaction" to Cardinal Dubois, sending him a brief message.
caption: Cardinal Archbishop of Paris Louis-Ernest Dubois, father of the Institut.
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