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The choir school, known as the Schola Puerorum, was established in 1963 and is located in a large palazzo on Via del Monte della Farina which also serves as the administrative and rehearsal base of the Sistine Choir. In addition to training in singing and music, it provides the standard Italian education curriculum for children from the ages of ...
Rules relating to the ranking of singers in opera (primo, secondo, comprimario) in 19th-century Italian opera, and the number of scenes, arias, etc. that they were entitled to expect. [2] The convenienze are referred to in the Donizetti opera Le convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali. Coro: choir: Ensemble of singers Diva: divine one (fem.)
The Cappella Giulia, officially the Reverend Musical Chapel Julia of the Sacrosanct Papal Basilica of Saint Peter in the Vatican, is the choir of St. Peter's Basilica that sings for all solemn functions of the Vatican Chapter, [1] such as Holy Mass, Lauds, and Vespers, when these are not celebrated by the Pope (for functions celebrated by the Pope, the Sistine Chapel Choir sings instead).
The cones are broad, ovoid, 8–15 cm (3–6 in) long, and take 36 months to mature, longer than any other pine. The seeds ( pine nuts , piñones , pinhões , pinoli , or pignons ) are large, 2 cm ( 3 ⁄ 4 in) long, and pale brown with a powdery black coating that rubs off easily, and have a rudimentary 4–8 mm ( 5 ⁄ 32 – 5 ⁄ 16 in ...
The Miserere is one of the most frequently recorded pieces of late Renaissance music.An early and celebrated [7] recording of it is the one from March 1963 by the Choir of King's College, Cambridge, conducted by David Willcocks, which was sung in English, [8] and featured the then-treble Roy Goodman.
"J.J." is short for "Jesu juva" (Jesus, help), a formula which Bach and others often wrote at the beginning of a sacred piece. The title in Latin translates to "Oratorio for the feast of the Ascension of Christ", and the scoring in a mixture of French and Italian names the parts and instruments [9] as four vocal parts, three trumpets (Tr), timpani, two flauti traversi (Ft), two oboes (Ob), two ...
Portuguese Catholic missionaries first came to Singapore in the late 15th century. In 1833, the first Catholic chapel opened in the city and a mission school followed in 1852. In 1885, the ...
Janáček's Glagolitic Mass is considered an important work of the century and is frequently performed and recorded today. Janáček was a strong supporter of pan-Slavism, [5] and this mass has been viewed as a celebration of Slavic culture. [4] Different editions of the score exist, prepared by Paul Wingfield [6] and by Jiři Zahrádka. [7]