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 | | Guéranger and his successors, Dom Joseph Pothier and Dom André Mocquereau, established new methods for the study and performance of plainsong by comparing many different sources rather than relying only on a single manuscript. |
 | | The distinction between decadent and mystic Symbolism rests on an interpretation of the symbol as a device for suggestion and allusion on the one hand, and, on the other, as a device for disclosure and revelation. |
 | | According to an earlier generation of poets, seeking inspiration from the French Symbolists - for example the sonnets of Stéphane Mallarmé (1842-98) - symbols stimulated the imagination, invoking ancient times, recalling forgotten experiences, and, as a consequence, temporarily renouncing reality for dream, cognition for intuition. |
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