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Westminster Abbey: Westminster Abbey Choir
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At the heart of English history for nearly a thousand years, Westminster Abbey has been the setting for every coronation (except two) since 1066. Only the Pyx Chamber and Norman Undercroft are original to the abbey; the Gothic nave and choir were rebuilt in the thirteenth century. At least two ghosts haunt Westminster Abbey, in the form of Monks who used to work in there. In 1932 a Benedictine monk was seen floating some distance from the floor, disappearing through a wall opposite the south transcept!
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The resting place of the royals, Westminster Abbey is one of the most visited churches in the Christian world. It's a beautiful building full of morose tombs and monuments, with an acoustic field that will send shivers down your spine when the choirboys clear their throats.
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Westminster School and Westminster Abbey Choir School are ... in the precincts of the Abbey. It was natural for the learned and literate monks to be entrusted with education, and Benedictine monks were required by the Pope to maintain a charity school in 1179; Westminster School may have been founded even earlier for children or novices, and the legendary Croyland Chronicle relates a story of 11th century king Edward the Confessor's Queen Editha chatting to a schoolboy in the cloisters, and sending him off to the Palace larder for a treat.
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For over 900 years, since its founding by Edward the Confessor in 1065, daily worship has been offered in Westminster Abbey. Boys were singing in the choir as early as 1388, and when the monastery was dissolved by Henry VIII in 1540 the King's new foundation provided for twelve adult singers (known today as 'Lay Vicars') and ten Choristers. Today all the Lay vicars are professional singers with a great wealth of experience, and some were themselves choristers in their youth. The choristers hold scholarships at Westminster Abbey Choir School, now the only school in England dedicated entirely to the education of choirboys. There are 36 boys in the school (aged 8-13), and each boy ... learns two musical instruments - most gain valuable awards to their next schools.
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Institutionalised bullying of Choristers: Seven choirboys end up being withdrawn from Westminster Abbey Choir School. There are two threatened suicides. Many complain of inappropriate behaviour by the headmaster. Outside professionals consulted by the parents confirm their concerns. An internal inquiry reports to dean Carr who dismisses the complaints. Carr issues a series of denials and counter-allegations to protect 'his headmaster'.
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