The Chapel Royal

The Chapel Royal

Genres: vocal, baroque

About The Chapel Royal

The Choir of the Chapel Royal has been in existence since before the Norman Conquest, and in its early years its function was mainly peripatetic, accompanying the Monarch around the country and indeed beyond: the Chapel Royal went with Henry V to Agincourt, where Mass was sung before the battle, and with Henry VIII to the Field of the Cloth of Gold. In Tudor times it played a major role in enhancing the splendour and magnificence of the court and the King, and in addition to their musical duties the Children were required to act in plays, masques and pageants to impress important visitors. This theatrical sideline developed through the Elizabethan period to the point where the Chapel could field a band of child players which was well-known to Shakespeare and Jonson. The distinctive State uniforms worn by the Children date from the reign of Charles II.

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