What is "schola cantorum"

n. a school that is part of a cathedral or monastery where boys with singing ability can receive a general education [syn: choir school]

1. REDIRECT The Schola Cantorum of Rome

Schola Cantorum ( Latin: "singers' school") can refer to

• Schola Cantorum, New York City
• Schola Cantorum de Paris, a musical academy set up in the late 19th century
• Schola cantorum (papal choir), a medieval choir based in Rome
• Schola Cantorum (band), an Italian vocal group active between 1974 and 1995
• Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, a musical academy based in Basel founded in the 1930s
• Schola Cantorum de Venezuela, a choir based in Venezuela
• Schola Cantorum (Norwegian choir), a Norwegian chamber choir
• Schola Cantorum of Oxford, a chamber choir of Oxford University
• University of Arkansas Schola Cantorum, a university choir based in Arkansas

Schola Cantorum is a chamber choir from Norway. The choir was founded by composer and conductor Knut Nystedt in 1964, and has given valuable musical experience to generations of Norwegian musicians. Affiliated with the University of Oslo, Department of Musicology, the choir recruits most of their singers from this institution, as well as the Norwegian Academy of Music.

Schola Cantorum was an Italian vocal group, active between 1974 and 1995.