Born near Venice, he was a chorister at San Marco. From Wordnik.com. [Niobe, Regina di Tebe; Faust; The Makropulos Case; Fidelio] Reference
Canon Twells, an ex-chorister of the cathedral, Mr James. From Wordnik.com. [The Cathedral Church of Peterborough A Description Of Its Fabric And A Brief History Of The Episcopal See] Reference
And there was another friend, a chorister named Edleston. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"] Reference
A chorister was practising softly in the transept overhead. From Wordnik.com. [Calvert of Strathore] Reference
As a child, Jeffreys took piano lessons and was a chorister. From Wordnik.com. [John Jeffreys obituary] Reference
Deacon L. who serves as chorister, occupies a shortseat in front of the pulpit. From Wordnik.com. [The Choctaw Freedmen and The Story of Oak Hill Industrial Academy] Reference
I keep it staying at home with a bobolink for a chorister and an orchard for a dome. From Wordnik.com. [A Flowering Tribute To Emily Dickinson] Reference
I keep it, staying at home with a bobolink for a chorister and an orchard for a dome. From Wordnik.com. [Billy Collins: A Poet's Affection For Emily Dickinson] Reference
A youth spent as a boy chorister provided the background of English liturgical music. From Wordnik.com. [Music review: Nico Muhly with the Washington Chorus at Atlas Performing Arts Center] Reference
In my time as an Anglican cathedral chorister, I sang a couple of St. Francis day masses. From Wordnik.com. [More Fun with Cats] Reference
The little chorister boy had gone straight to the grave and dropped on his knees beside it. From Wordnik.com. [The Heavenly Twins] Reference
Then, suddenly, one of the late priests of the Temple, a chorister-priest, burst into song. From Wordnik.com. [The Mark of the Beast] Reference
Bess Whittington was our chorister at the St. Joseph's choir, and Bess was very good at that. From Wordnik.com. [Oral History Interview with Viola Turner, April 15, 1979. Interview C-0015. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)] Reference
As they waited there in the chapel for the two priests, the chorister, and the beadle, Rastignac grasped. From Wordnik.com. [Father Goriot] Reference
Robert H.G. Dyson who had been active as a class leader and chorister in Zion Wesley, became the first pastor. From Wordnik.com. [The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922] Reference
Born in Whitechapel, London, April 4, 1758, Hoppner's first vocation was that of chorister in the Chapel Royal. From Wordnik.com. [McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 3, February 1896] Reference
When he joined the choir at age 8 ½, singing treble, he was told that he would never be more than a chorister. From Wordnik.com. [The King of the Lyric Basses] Reference
And as he read he reminded Father Anthony of some childish chorister pronouncing words beyond his understanding. From Wordnik.com. [Riders of the Silences] Reference
The salary of a first rate tenor or barytone, was then less than is now given to a chorister or walking gentleman. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 61, No. 376, February, 1847] Reference
"He always described himself as a 'diva,'" says Tricia Lepofsky, a fellow chorister, who sang beside him for years. From Wordnik.com. [Washington National Opera singer's slaying leaves family with questions] Reference
I heard one of the priests say he thought they had a new chorister at the Cistercians whose voice is as good as mine. From Wordnik.com. [St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 4, February 1878] Reference
Lammy, a former schoolboy chorister, also claims to be a Harvard graduate, a Privy Councillor and government minister. From Wordnik.com. [Obama faces stalker threat] Reference
The lady principal served as superintendent of the Sunday school, and as organist and chorister at all the other meetings. From Wordnik.com. [The Choctaw Freedmen and The Story of Oak Hill Industrial Academy] Reference
But then you are up-lifted by the endearing, untarnished talent of the chorister - you know, the boy with bad white heads. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-05-01] Reference
Preceded by two little chorister boys, the old Cure left the vestry, and at the moment when he knelt on the steps of the alter. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
All the magnificence of these humble parishes combined would not have sufficed to clothe the chorister of a cathedral properly. From Wordnik.com. [Les Miserables] Reference
"Regular choristers are complaining about the shows guaranteed to associates," said Michael Ross, himself an associate chorister. From Wordnik.com. [City Opera, New York's No. 2 Troupe,Is Belting for Diva-Size Wages] Reference
His face had changed from the beautiful chorister type of two or three years earlier, but Percival thought him handsomer than ever. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, August, 1878] Reference
The upper story was afterwards used as the school-room of the chorister boys, but a new building has recently been erected for them. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Rochester A Description of its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See] Reference
But His Grace calling upon the youngest chorister to repeat his GAMUT, and the "little urchin" failing, the impost was not demanded. From Wordnik.com. [Notes and Queries, Number 30, May 25, 1850] Reference
The “English chorister” theory, above, seems to be that football soccer, here and computer games rival altar serving for popularity. From Wordnik.com. [Shortage of Male Altar Servers? Give Them Something to Do!] Reference
I come next to Master Tusser, -- poet, farmer, chorister, vagabond, happily dead at last, and with a tomb whereon some wag wrote this. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 70, August, 1863] Reference
That''s hilarious; I had a pretty goofy, belligerent, not-so-Cambridge-bound 8th grade chorister here named David Aboulafia a few years ago. From Wordnik.com. [i fancy a brandy] Reference
In 1572, he was sent as a chorister to the Yucatan to accompany Diego de Landa, who was consecrated as Bishop of Yucatan the following year. From Wordnik.com. [Did you know? Mexico's first tourists] Reference
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