Pio X’s motu proprio
Already under Leo XIII the criteria for a reform of sacred music began to be set and the Patriarch of Venice, Cardinal Giuseppe Sarto, also participated in this battle, assisted by the Jesuit of Civiltà Cattolica, Father Angelo De’Santi and the musician Lorenzo Perosi. Sarto was elected Pope on 9 August 1903 and already on the follow…
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