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Dom Lucien David gives a practical lesson in applying the method of Dom Pothier to a chant from the Kyriale.
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Dom Lucien David gives a practical lesson in applying the method of Dom Pothier to a chant from the Kyriale.
The idea of the tonic accent in Gregorian melody runs through the entire Solesmes tradition from Gontier to Pothier to Mocquereau to the present.
“If you begin by telling a man that in a word like 𝐷𝑒𝑢𝑠 the first syllable corresponds to the weak beat, the second to the strong beat of a modern bar, the only thing accomplished will be to bewilder him thoroughly.” —Father Bewerunge
We should define our terms. What makes a syllable accented, and what makes an accent a tonic accent?
Ostrowski Vs. Weaver: Solesmes Rhythm, Gregorian Semiology, Dom Mocquereau, Dom Pothier, Mensuralism, and more!
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