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The "Regensburger Domspatzen" (Regensburg Cathedral Choir) is the boyschoir for liturgical music in the St. Peter's Cathedral in Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany. The choir trace their origins back to the year 975 when bishop Wolfgang of Regensburg founded a cathedral-school that instructed boys to sing in the liturgy. The choir has seen various ups and downs during its more than 1,000-year history. In the 20th century, however, the Domspatzen became world-famous, especially through the achievement of the two directors who were to shape them over the course of 70 years: Domkapellmeister Theobald Schrems (1924–1964) and Georg Ratzinger (1964–1994).
Schrems laid the foundations that enabled the choir’s success by giving the Domspatzen their current institutional makeup: a boarding school for boys aged 10–19, a private secondary school with emphasis on musical education, and the choir at the center of the structure. In this way the boys can practise singing together and learn under the same roof, which allows for greater efficiency and thus also helps to avoid exhaustion of the students.
Here is one of their first recordings, about 1955, sung in Latin.
From Stabat Mater by Giovanni Pergolesi(1710-1736) and Jacopo de Benedetti:
Sense 1 (grave),2 (andante amoroso),3 (Larghetto, 7 (Andantino), 11 (Allegro), 12 (Largo assai and presto assai)
The Regensburger Domspatzen conducted by Domkapellmeister Prof. Dr. Schrems.
Telefunken D 6191, recorded about 1955. Tekst: Wikipedia
Sorry for the many clicks in the record.
The "Regensburger Domspatzen" (Regensburg Cathedral Choir) is the boyschoir for liturgical music in the St. Peter's Cathedral in Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany. The choir trace their origins back to the year 975 when bishop Wolfgang of Regensburg founded a cathedral-school that instructed boys to sing in the liturgy. The choir has seen various ups and downs during its more than 1,000-year history. In the 20th century, however, the Domspatzen became world-famous, especially through the achievement of the two directors who were to shape them over the course of 70 years: Domkapellmeister Theobald Schrems (1924–1964) and Georg Ratzinger (1964–1994).
Schrems laid the foundations that enabled the choir’s success by giving the Domspatzen their current institutional makeup: a boarding school for boys aged 10–19, a private secondary school with emphasis on musical education, and the choir at the center of the structure. In this way the boys can practise singing together and learn under the same roof, which allows for greater efficiency and thus also helps to avoid exhaustion of the students.
Here is one of their first recordings, about 1955, sung in Latin.
From Stabat Mater by Giovanni Pergolesi(1710-1736) and Jacopo de Benedetti:
Sense 1 (grave),2 (andante amoroso),3 (Larghetto, 7 (Andantino), 11 (Allegro), 12 (Largo assai and presto assai)
The Regensburger Domspatzen conducted by Domkapellmeister Prof. Dr. Schrems.
Telefunken D 6191, recorded about 1955. Tekst: Wikipedia
Sorry for the many clicks in the record.
