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ˈsong-school Now Hist.
[song n. Cf. MHG. sancschule, Du. zangschool, Sw. sångskola.]
A school specially devoted to the teaching of (ecclesiastical or secular) singing and music. (In early use chiefly Sc.) Also attrib.
α1537Reg. Aberdon. (Maitl.) I. 412 Maister of þe sang schuyll of þe cathedrall kyrk. c1550Rolland Crt. Venus Prol. 203 To put this man to Sang Scule, or playing. 1579Acts Jas. VI, F iij b, For Instructioun of the ȝouth in the Airt of Musick and singing..To erect and set vp ane sang Scule. 1612Extr. Aberd. Rec. (1848) II. 314 Patrick Dauidsoun, maister of the sang schuill. 1621in R. M. Fergusson Alex. Hume (1899) 220 Seattis..meit for the maister of the sang schooll and his bairnis to sit on.
β1593Rites of Durh. (Surtees, 1903) 62 A song schoole buylded, for to teach vj children for to learne to singe. 1601F. Godwin Bps. of Eng. 393 Mending his liuing by teaching a song schoole, for he was a great and cunning Musitian. 1733[Hunter] Durham Cathedral 99 A convenient Room, wherein is established the Song-school. 1802T. D. Fosbroke Brit. Monachism II. 201 Song School. ‘This school,’ says Davies, ‘was built within the church’. 1903A. F. Leach Mem. Beverley Minster II. p. cv, The Master of the Choristers or Song-School Master. |