Erik Satié - Paul Ayick Vintage Brass

How silly of me to be that naive! Niedermeyer’s methods include re-harmonizing note for note the chants of the entire mass. Although Niedermeyer knew that Gregorian chant was essentially a melodic system, he professed, like Abbot Petit, that to provide it with a chordal accompaniment was “one of the finest discoveries of modern times”. ................
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