Decadent enchantments
Subtitle: the revival of Gregorian chant at Solesmes
By: Katherine Bergeron.
Series: California studies in 19th century music ;; 10
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 196
Subjects: Abbaye Saint-Pierre de Solesmes.; Gregorian chants -- History and criticism.
Description: Bergeron follows the technological development of the Gregorian restoration over a seventy-year period as it passed from the private performances of a monastic choir into the public commodities of printed books, photographs, and Gramophone records. Along the way she discusses such issues as architectural restoration and the modern history of typography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-192) and index.