Eric Gill in Louvain - May, 1912
from Eric Gill: Autobiography, pages 186-187:
I dare say that, without my being aware of it, the chant really impressed me more than anything else ... At the first impact I was so moved by the chant, which you must remember I had never heard a note of in all my life before, as to be almost frightened. This was not ancient architecture such as the world had ceased to build. This was not the sculptures of Chartres or Easter Island such as the world had ceased to make. This was not the pictures of Giotto or Ajanta such as the world had ceased to paint. This was something alive, living, coming from the hearts and minds and bodies of … more >>
cite as
Eric Gill, Eric Gill: Autobiography (London, 1940), p. 186-187. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1399982068306 accessed: 8 November, 2024
Listeners
Listening to
hide composersPlainchant | performed by Voices |
Experience Information
Date/Time | May, 1912 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, in private, indoors |
Notes
Eric Gill was visiting the Abbey of Mont Cesar at Louvain. Hearing plainchant for the first time was a seminal moment in his conversion to Roman Catholicism
Originally submitted by lcc5 on Tue, 13 May 2014 12:54:28 +0100