Psaumes

Released in 1980 on the Auvidis label, Psaumes is a significant entry in the French contemporary liturgical music movement. Created by Gaëtan de Courrèges in collaboration with Le Groupe Emmaüs, the record emerged during a period of renewal within the French Catholic Church, where artists sought to modernize traditional religious texts by blending them with folk-influenced arrangements and accessible, communal melodies.

The album reflects the pastoral and reflective aesthetic characteristic of the Emmaüs group’s work, which aimed to facilitate personal devotion through song. Designed to be both meditative and congregational, the production emphasizes vocal harmony and acoustic instrumentation, a signature approach that defined de Courrèges's long-standing contribution to liturgical composition and helped the record find a place in the broader French religious music scene of the late twentieth century.