Kantorei
Kantorei is the name for a music community under the direction of a cantor .
history
Bourgeois choir
The bourgeois choirs of the 16th to 18th centuries go back to the pre-Reformation calendar brotherhoods as well as the stabulists and constable associations . The main task of these choirs was singing in church services. Music was also played at members' weddings and funerals. Members in need were supported. In smaller towns it was only possible to perform polyphonic church music in the 16th century when a choir was founded.
School Choir
The school choirs consisted of pupils who were supported, if necessary, by teachers and alumni as well as the town pipers .
Hofkantorei
In Protestant, but also in some Catholic courts, in contrast to the chapel, the independent group of singers and instrumentalists was called a choir.
20th century and present
As a result of the church music renewal movement, the name Kantorei for Protestant church choirs became more common again.
See also
literature
- A. Werner History of the Kantorei societies in the area of the former Electorate of Saxony (1902)
- J. Rautenstrauch: Luther and the Maintenance of Church Music in Saxony (1907)
- H. Birtner: A Contribution to the History of Protestant Music in the 16th Century (1927/1928)
- W. Gurlitt: J. Walter and the music of the Reformation period (1933)
- W. Ehmann: The Musicians of the German Cantories in the 16th Century (1938)
- M. Ruhnke: Contribution to a history of the German court music colleges in the 16th century (1963)
- Ph. Unger: The Saxon-Ore Mountains Cantory System (2008)
- Friedrich Blume : History of Protestant Church Music (Bärenreiter 1965)
- Riemann Musiklexikon: Article Kantorei
- Music past and present: Article Kantorei