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The Choir of Salisbury Cathedral exists to sing services in Salisbury Cathedral, Wiltshire, England, and has probably been in existence since the consecration of the cathedral in 1258. The choir comprises twenty boy choristers and twenty girl choristers aged from 8 to 13 years and six professional lay vicars singing countertenor, tenor and bass ...
Salisbury Cathedral Choir holds annual auditions for boys and girls aged 7–9 years old for scholarships to Salisbury Cathedral School, which housed in the former Bishop's Palace. The boys' choir and the girls' choir (each 16 strong) sing alternate daily Evensong and Sunday Matins and Eucharist services throughout the school year.
The school was founded in 1091 at Old Sarum [3] [4] by Saint Osmund, the Bishop of Salisbury and Earl of Dorset, who was canonised in 1456. [5] [6] Osmund was born in Normandy and was a first cousin of William the Conqueror, King of England: William's father, Robert the Magnificent, Duke of Normandy, was the brother of Isabella, Countess of Séez, the mother of Osmund.
In 1905, the cathedral choirs met in Salisbury, followed by Winchester in 1906. Bishop Wilberforce of Chichester died in September 1907, so the return to Chichester had to be delayed until 1908. Thereafter, the Three Choirs Festival , as it was then known, continued until 1913 when the annual meeting was suspended because of the First World War.
Richard Godfrey Seal (4 December 1935 – 19 July 2022) was an English organist and conductor. From 1968 to 1997 he served as organist and master of the choristers at Salisbury Cathedral, [1] which in 1991 established a separate girls choir in addition to the existing boys cathedral choir, the first cathedral to do so.
Edward Lowe was born in Salisbury, Wiltshire, and sang in the choir of Salisbury Cathedral as a boy at Salisbury Cathedral School.At some point between 1631 and 1641, he became organist and master of the choristers of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford.
The Bach Choir, on the album Family Carols (1991) Charlie Zahm, on his album The Celtic Balladeer (1999) Blackmore's Night, on the album Winter Carols (2007) Salisbury Cathedral Choir, on the album Great Hymns from Salisbury (2013) New World, on "B" side of the single "Kara Kara" (1971)
Richard Poore or Poor (died 15 April 1237) was a medieval English bishop best known for his role in the establishment of Salisbury Cathedral and the City of Salisbury, moved from the nearby fortress of Old Sarum. He served as Bishop of Chichester, Bishop of Salisbury and Bishop of Durham.