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The History of the Sharp Sign

The romantics from Solen Abbey, for instance, in the 1830s. They invented this whole idea of plain chants. So they sing... You know, this medieval sound. Of course, in the 18th century, it was sung with sharps and flats, like keys. And it had rhythms. It wasn't done in this kind of... This weird, metrical style we have now. That's a huge stopping.

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