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Salisbury was the first English cathedral to recruit girl choristers (in 1991) and, when in the cathedral, the girls' choir is usually wholly independent of the boys'. [2] The weekly services are equally divided between the boy and girl choristers throughout the school year. The choristers are educated at Salisbury Cathedral School, which is in ...
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.
Salisbury Cathedral by John Constable, ca. 1825 "Salisbury cathedral" (2018) by Stephan Wolf. The cathedral is the subject of a famous painting by John Constable. As a gesture of appreciation for John Fisher, Bishop of Salisbury, who commissioned this painting, Constable included the bishop and his wife in the canvas (bottom left). The view ...
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.
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Simon Lole (b 23 December 1957) is well known as a choral director, organist, composer, arranger and broadcaster. He was organist of Barking Parish Church (1978–80), Croydon Parish Church (1980–85), Director of Music at St Mary's Church, Warwick (1985–94) before becoming Organist and Director of Music at Sheffield Cathedral (1994–1997) and then at Salisbury Cathedral (1997–2005), [1 ...
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Salisbury University has announced the opening date for its new Museum of Eastern Shore Culture in downtown Salisbury. Learn all about it here.