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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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Nouvelles idées sur la "restauration" du chant grégorien,
This review is from: Decadent Enchantments: The Revival of Gregorian Chant at Solesmes (California Studies in 19th Century Music) (Hardcover)
Ce volume de Katherine Bergeron retrace l'histoire du plain-chant au cours du XIXe siècle, surtout en vue des réformes entreprises èar ées ,pomes de Solesmes. L'approche de l'auteur est particulièrement intéressante, puisque elle replace les études grégoriennes du siècle dernier dans le contexte des innovations culturelles et des mouvements intellectuels de l'époque. Ses observations concernent tant les techniques typographiques que les idées philosophiques ou les mouvements politiques. Les visions opposées de Dom Pothier et de Dom Mocquereau apparaissent au plein jour, ains que les contradictions inhérentes à l'édition Vaticane. Contradictions dues non seulement à l'influence contradictoire des deux maîtres de Solesmes, mais aussi au caractère en même temps positiviste et esthétisant de Dom Mocquereau. Pour le montrer, Mme Bergeron cite fort à propos un paragraphe de ce dernier, tiré du "Nombre Grégorien": "Le mouvement vocal, celui de la mélopée grégorienne surtout, emprunte le moins qu'il peut à la matière. Il se meut, mais invisiblement; il marche, mais avec légèreté; et quoi de plus pur, de plus divin que l'art grégorien? il serait plus exact de dire qu'il vole avec de lents et gracieux battements d'ailes; mais toutes ces comparaisons sont au-dessous de la réalité, parce qu'elles sont trop matérielles". Quoi de plus anti-scientifique et préconçu, voudrais-je dire? Dom Mocquereau était un véritable fils de son temps, marqué par les progrès de la science, mais aussi par le romantisme et le décadentisme. Personnellement, ce livre m'a passionné. Il se lit avec plaisir, "comme un roman". Seul regret: l'auteur n'aborde pas vraiement l'histoire des diverses éditions de plain-chant du XIXe siècle, ni les problèmes qui y sont liés. Aura-t-on droit à une suite?
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Excellent history of the chant restoration,
By Robert Badger (Philadelphia, PA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Decadent Enchantments: The Revival of Gregorian Chant at Solesmes (California Studies in 19th Century Music) (Hardcover)
This book provides an excellent history of the restoration of Gregorian Chant at Solesmes. For those who are interested in the history of the 19th century restoration of Gregorian Chant, I would reccommend this book.
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This review is from: Decadent Enchantments: The Revival of Gregorian Chant at Solesmes (California Studies in 19th Century Music) (Hardcover)
IF I may, I would like to add this English translation of the previous reveiwer's comment in French, since the review is very interesting.
This volume of Katherine Bergeron recalls the history of the plainsong during the XIXe century, especially for the reforms undertaken by the Monks of Solesmes. The approach of the author is particularly interesting, since it places the Gregorian studies of last century in the context of the cultural innovations and the intellectual movements of the time. Its observations relate to the typographical techniques as well as the philosophical ideas or the political movements. The opposite visions of Dom Pothier and Dom Mocquereau are illuminated, as well as the contradictions inherent in the Vatican edition-- Contradictions not only in the different influences of the two Masters of Solesmes, but also in the at-once positivist and aesthetic character of Dom Mocquereau. To show it, Mrs. Bergeron quotes a paragraph of this last, drawn from the Gregorian Number: "The vocal movement, that of the monotonous Gregorian monotonous chant, borrows the least that it can with the matter. It is driven, but invisibly; it moves, but with lightness; and what could be a purer expression of the divine than Gregorian art? it would be more exact to say that it flies with the slow and gracious beats of wings; but even these comparisons do not do that art justice, because they are too material." I would also like to add that...that Dom Mocquereau was a true son of his time, his work marked by the advances in knowledge, but also by romanticism and the decadentism. Personally, this book impassioned me. It is read with pleasure, like a novel. Only regret: the author does not approach really the history of the various editions of plainsong of the XIXe century, nor the problems which are dependent there. May one expect a sequel? |
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Decadent Enchantments: The Revival of Gregorian Chant at Solesmes (California Studies in 19th Century Music) by Katherine Bergeron (Hardcover - August 10, 1998)
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