A few minutes later he perceived the choristers entering the church by a side-door, and, emboldened by hunger, he slipped in amongst them, donned a surplice, and took his place in the stalls.
He thought of the empty chorister's robe in the little cell, but not now with regret.
The two organs, the voices of the choristers, and often the chime of bells, all combine to send a flood of melody rolling through the beautiful arches such as is never heard elsewhere in the city.
When Gordon read the account of the wedding, with the church "banked with flowers," and the bridal couple preceded by choristers, chanting, he was as interested as if it had been his brother's marriage.
When they arrived there, they took the places assigned them in the choir, and the choristers immediately began to chant a funeral service in English and according to Protestant rites.
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The choristers are fixed within a network of exchange but the men are caught up in these circulating looks as well.
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This does not seem to have been a consideration for many of the choristers, who protested at the work being dropped.
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Instead of half a dozen identifiable figures, we see (in a major opera house) up to a hundred choristers.
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However, choristers from the school apparently did not completely supplant the use of professionals.
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Presumably, as no separate exit for the dancers is indicated, the choristers exit and the dancers exit dancing.
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Interfering with one worker, thechoristerjostles against another worker, the writer.
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As noted above, sheer numbers may have prevented the more traditional simultaneous entrance of choristers and dancers via the traps.
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This exception to the traditional simultaneous entrance of choristers and dancers may be explained by the deployment of traps.
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Although the dancers enter with the choristers, they exit alone; and although they enter dancing, they exit after their dance has ended.
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As noted in the essay above, upstage entrances for the choristers were apparently the exception to the rule.
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These tableaux serve as counter-myths that compact a more complicated image of thechorister.
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The male choristers are not listed; perhaps their costumes and props were not as elaborate as those for the female singers.
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The use of the plural form to indicate the choristers refers to the standard division of the vocal chorus into two groups, each with soprano, haute-contre, tenor and bass voices.
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Quite the opposite is the case with the treble choristers, who simply repeat text or music, such as the fool prophesy or the communion text and motifs.
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I was a cathedralchoristerfor the first part of my life.
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