precentors

A large number of documents testify to the custom of precentors of transforming the written text in order to present it in their own manner.

Archive 2009-04-01 Lu 2009

On festival days and Sundays four mother precentors intone the offices before a large reading-desk with four places.

Les Miserables 2008

One day one of the mother precentors intoned a psalm beginning with Ecce, and instead of Ecce she uttered aloud the three notes do si sol; for this piece of absent-mindedness she underwent a coulpe which lasted during the whole service: what rendered the fault enormous was the fact that the chapter had laughed.

Les Miserables 2008

When he put his shoulder to the wheel to defend the income of the present and future precentors of Barchester, he was animated by as strong a sense of a holy cause, as that which gives courage to a missionary in Africa, or enables a sister of mercy to give up the pleasures of the world for the wards of a hospital.

01/01/2003 - 02/01/2003 John 2003

When he put his shoulder to the wheel to defend the income of the present and future precentors of

The Warden 2004

The Chadwicks had earned a good name in Barchester; they had lived respected by bishops, deans, canons, and precentors; they had been buried in the precincts of the cathedral; they had never been known as griping, hard men, but had always lived comfortably, maintained a good house, and held a high position in Barchester society.

The Warden 2004

There were sweet singers in Israel, too, who as precentors and choir leaders have brought out the best there was of tuneful harmony, men like

The Kirk on Rutgers Farm Frederick Br��ckbauer

Afterward four complimentary cups were added, one in honor of the precentors, one in honor of the municipal authorities, another in remembrance of the Temple, and the fourth in the memory of Rabbon Gamliel.

Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala Various

I have never heard before or since such imposing music: it was the composition of Messieurs Paesiello, Rose, and Lesueur, precentors of their Majesties; and the orchestra and choruses comprised the finest musicians of Paris.

Complete Project Gutenberg Collection of Memoirs of Napoleon Various

Here the procession was met by the priest, precentors, and choir, who conducted the brotherhood to the parish church.

Chapter 62. The Fire-Festivals of Europe. § 5. The Midsummer Fires 1922