Cantus (Norwegian Female Choir)
Cantus is a Norwegian women's choir founded in 1986. It consists of around 30 amateur singers, and is based in Trondheim. Their director is Tove Ramlo-Ystad. Despite being an amateur choir, they keep holding a very good international standard, and have shown this through winning several competitions through the years. Cantus won the 1st Xinghai Prize International Choir Championships in Guangzhou, China (2012), and is ranked as number 1 in their class, and 8th best in the world, on the webpages of interkultur.com. In 2013, Cantus appears on the soundtrack of the Disney animated movie '' Frozen'', with a Sámi inspired piece written by Frode Fjellheim and movie composer Christophe Beck. In 2019, Cantus appears on the soundtrack of ''Frozen II''. Awards *1990 – First and Third place in the national choir competition "Syng med oss" in Bergen, Norway *1993 – First place, Llangollen Musical Eisteddfod in Wales in the category "female choir" and selected "choir of the world" *199 ...
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Women's Choir
A women's choir or women's chorus is a choir formed exclusively by women. If all singers are young it is called a girls' choir. The voice types are usually soprano and alto, SSAA. The names are also used for music especially composed for such groups. History In Egypt, women's choirs were documented for singers in temples since the Middle Kingdom. In Assyria and Palestine, women's choirs sang to honour a victorious king. Women's choirs appeared in ancient Greek tragedy. Laments of deaths were performed by groups of women in Assyria and Judaism, among others. In early Christianity, responsorial singing was practiced by women alternating with men, but with the late 4th century, women's singing in church was repressed. In nuns' monasteries, singing of women's choirs was regular in church services. Hildegard von Bingen composed sacred plays with music for women's choir. Venetian orphanages (ospedali) for girls became a focus for music for women's voices. The girls received mus ...
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