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‖ schola cantorum|ˈskəʊlə kænˈtɔːrəm|
[med.L. = school of singers.]
a. The choir-school attached to a cathedral or monastery (orig. the Papal Choir at Rome, established by Gregory the Great (c 540–604)).
b. Used as the title of various groups of singers.
1782C. Burney Gen. Hist. Mus. II. i. 16 Fleury, in his Hist. Eccl...gives a circumstantial account of the Scola Cantorum, instituted by St. Gregory. 1887E. L. Taunton Hist. & Growth Church Music iv. 39 The elder members of the Schola Cantorum, as it was called, had the title of Subdeacons. 1902E. Dickinson Music in Hist. of Western Church v. 181 The Schola Cantorum of Paris..is exerting a strong influence upon church music. 1929E. C. Thomas Lay Folks' Hist. Liturgy ii. xiv. 223 The members of the schola cantorum to which the lectors belonged had no other function than that of singing. 1941G. Chase Music of Spain xi. 168 Morera..has written..choral arrangements of Catalan folk songs, some of which have been performed by the Schola Cantorum of New York. 1964P. F. Anson Bishops at Large x. 475 The ladies of the schola cantorum looked fetching in their red gowns and caps. |