Not many choirs can look back on an 800-year history, but the St. Thomas Boys Choir of Leipzig is exceptional not just in that respect. Johann Sebastian Bach led the group as cantor for 27 years.
The Middle Ages weren't quite as dark as the eras that followed have tended to make them out to be. The period from roughly the 5th to 15th centuries also ushered in immense change and development, and Leipzig was a case in point. The city built up rapidly, and the economic upturn it experienced led to the establishment of the Saint Thomas Church in 1212.
"The church was founded as a kind of penitence on behalf of the Margrave of Meissen, who had been insubordinate toward the King and the Kaiser," explained Stefan Altner, manager of the St. Thomas Choir.
The church was initially led by clerics who organized their daily lives according to the Rule of Saint Augustine. But the men were a bit too lazy to complete the daily hours of prayer required by the religious ordinance, so they employed boys and young men to perform chants in their place. And so the St. Thomas Choir was born.
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Author: Claus Fischer / gsw
Editor: Rick Fulker
"The church was founded as a kind of penitence on behalf of the Margrave of Meissen, who had been insubordinate toward the King and the Kaiser," explained Stefan Altner, manager of the St. Thomas Choir.
The church was initially led by clerics who organized their daily lives according to the Rule of Saint Augustine. But the men were a bit too lazy to complete the daily hours of prayer required by the religious ordinance, so they employed boys and young men to perform chants in their place. And so the St. Thomas Choir was born.
lear in: http://www.dw.de/celebrating-800-years-st-thomas-boys-choir/a-15827004
Author: Claus Fischer / gsw
Editor: Rick Fulker
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