Eugène Cardine
Eugène Alexandre Cardine OSB (born April 11, 1905 in Courseulles-sur-Mer ( Calvados ), France , † January 24, 1988 in Solesmes ( Sarthe ), France) was a Benedictine and the founder of Gregorian semiology .
Life
Eugène Cardine entered the Benedictine Abbey of Saint-Pierre de Solesmes as a monk on October 3, 1928, and made his profession there on June 29, 1930 . He was ordained a priest on September 2, 1934. He then studied Gregorian chant and was the first cantor of Solesmes Abbey from 1940 to 1952 . In 1952 he was appointed professor of Gregorian palaeography ( semiology ) at the Pontifical College of Music in Rome . He also taught at the Pontifical Athenaeum Sant'Anselmo and the Collegium Germanicum . He was a member of the liturgical preparatory committee for the Second Vatican Council . In 1968 he was appointed consultor of the Congregation for Rites. After his retirement in 1984 he returned to his professed monastery in Solesmes and died there in 1988.
Works
- Primo anno di canto gregoriano , Rome 1970.
- Appunti di storia del canto gregoriano , Rome 1972.
- Gregorian semiology . Les Éditions de Solesmes, Solesmes 2003, ISBN 2-85274-049-4
literature
- Nino Albarosa: La scuola gregoriana di Eugène Cardine , in: Rivista italiana di musicologia 9 (1974), pp. 269-297.
- Dominique Fournier: Sémio-esthétique du chant grégorien d'après le Graduel Neumé de Dom Eugène Cardine , Solesmes 1990.
- Johannes Berchmans Göschl (Ed.): Ut mens concordet voci. Commemorative publication for Eugène Cardine on his 75th birthday . EOS, St. Ottilien 1980, ISBN 3-88096-100-X
Web links
- Literature by and about Eugène Cardine in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cardine, Eugène |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cardine, Eugène Alexandre |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French founder of Gregorian semiology |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 11, 1905 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Courseulles-sur-Mer , Calvados, France |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 24, 1988 |
| Place of death | Solesmes (Sarthe) , France |