Historical dictionary of sacred music

SCHOLA CANTORUM

Schola Cantorum: translation

(Lat. "school of singers")
Roman Catholic term for church choir; or the ensemble responding to the soloists (cantores); or thecongregationin variousresponsorialforms of liturgical music.
See alsoD’Indy, Vincent; Gregory the Great; Rome.

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