Cathedral singing school
As Domsingschule are music schools referred to the education of children for a Domchor serve.
As a rule, the students are members of a boys' choir . Since the care of the music on the domes and its cathedral schools since Carolingian was mandatory time, many facilities socialize with the name Domsingschule aware of these centuries-old tradition. Most cathedral singing schools are located on Catholic cathedrals .
While the majority of the Domsingschulen in the German-speaking area are run as free institutions today, some state-recognized primary schools are church-sponsored. Such regular schools are the Cologne Cathedral Singing School and Aachen Cathedral Singing School . Some comparable institutions such as the elementary school at the cathedral in Trier or the music high school of the Regensburger Domspatzen do not use the name Domsingschule. The educational institutions that are not connected to a primary school include the Domsingschulen in Munich , Würzburg , Freiburg im Breisgau , Passau , Bremen and Speyer . In 2013 a cathedral singing school was opened in Münster . At the Rottenburger Dom St. Martin no training facility is mentioned, but the entirety of the choirs Domsingschule.
Protestant institutions
The largest institution for Protestant church music in Germany is the Domsingschule Braunschweig . Usually, however, the term Kinderkantorei is used almost synonymously with the cathedral singing school in the Protestant area . The Domsingschule Braunschweig also differs from the typical Domsingschule in that it was only established in 1976 and also includes instrumental ensembles under the term Domsingschule.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Press release of the diocese of Münster , accessed on August 16, 2015