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angell1
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does anyone have some info about this?
mixed choirs are pretty commonplace these days but i understand this was nont always the case.
for the first 1500 years of church history, i guess men were sufficient to sing the gregorian chant (though i don’t really know why women weren’t included), my understanding was that the choir was within the sanctuary and therefore had a liturgical role.
when did it move to the choir loft?
when polyphonic music became the norm, why did the church tolerate castrati instead of just using female voices?
i know nuns sang in the convents but not in the mass settings.
and then there was pope pius x’s statement about not allowing women in the choir, which has been the only thing i’ve been able to find while trying to look up this topic. spx websites saying how it is wrong. though to my knowledge, pope pius x didn’t even enforce his own rule.
any perspectives?
mixed choirs are pretty commonplace these days but i understand this was nont always the case.
for the first 1500 years of church history, i guess men were sufficient to sing the gregorian chant (though i don’t really know why women weren’t included), my understanding was that the choir was within the sanctuary and therefore had a liturgical role.
when did it move to the choir loft?
when polyphonic music became the norm, why did the church tolerate castrati instead of just using female voices?
i know nuns sang in the convents but not in the mass settings.
and then there was pope pius x’s statement about not allowing women in the choir, which has been the only thing i’ve been able to find while trying to look up this topic. spx websites saying how it is wrong. though to my knowledge, pope pius x didn’t even enforce his own rule.
any perspectives?