Young Choristers, 650-1700

First full-length consideration of the role played by young singers, bringing out its full significance and its development over time.

Introduction: Performance and Premodern Childhood - Susan Boynton and Eric RiceBoy Singers of the Roman Schola Cantorum - Joseph DyerBoy Singers in Medieval Monasteries and Cathedrals - Susan BoyntonThe Musical Education of Young Girls in Medieval English Nunneries - Anne Bagnall YardleyChoirboys in Early English Religious Drama - Richard RastallFrom Mozos de coro towards Seises: Boys in the Musical Life of Seville - Juan Ruiz JiménezThe Seeds of Medieval Music: Choirboys and Musical Training in a Late-Medie val-Maitrise - Andrew KirkmanChoirboys in Cambrai in the Fifteenth Century - Alejandro PlanchartChoirboys and Vicaires at the Maitrise of Cambrai: A Socio-anthropol ogical Study [1550-1670] - Sandrine DumontChoirboys, Memorial Endowments and Education at Aachen's Marienkirche - Eric RiceThomas Mulliner: An Apprentice of John Heywood? - Jane E FlynnCantando tutte insieme: Training Girl Singers in Early Modern Sienese Convents - Colleen ReardonChoirboys in Early Modern Rome - T Noel O'Regan