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  Basel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Basel (English traditionally: Basle [ba:l], German: Basel ['ba:z@l], French Bâle [ba:l], Italian Basilea [bazi'lE:a]) is Switzerland's third most populous city (188,000 inhabitants in the canton of Basel-City as of 2004; but 690,000 inhabitants in the conurbation stretching across the immediate cantonal and national boundaries, making this Switzerland's second-largest urban area as of 2003).
Geo-politically, the city of Basel functions as the capital of the Swiss half-canton of Basel-Stadt, though several of its suburbs form part of the half-canton of Basel-Landschaft or of the canton of Aargau.
The soccer club FC Basel continues to be successful and in recognition of this the city will be one of the venues for the 2008 European Championships, as well as Geneva, Zürich and Bern.
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 Basel-City - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The city of Basel and the municipalities of Bettingen and Riehen form its territory.
There are a number of multinationals in the city of Basel, attracting workers from both cantons of Basel and the areas across the border in France and Germany.
Basel is a major train station of Switzerland, connected to Paris, Brussels and Berlin with direct fast trains.
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 Choir - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Choirs are often led by a conductor or choirmaster.
Most often choirs consist of four parts but there is no limit to the number of possible parts: Thomas Tallis wrote a 40-part motet entitled Spem in alium, for eight choirs of five parts each; Krzysztof Penderecki's Stabat Mater is for three choirs of 16 voices each, a total of 48 parts.
Male choirs, with the same SATB voicing as mixed choirs, but with boys singing the upper part (often called treble or boy soprano) and men singing alto (in falsetto), also known as countertenor.
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 Basel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Basel traces its history back to at least the days of the Roman empire settlement of Augusta Raurica though even older Celtic settlements have been discovered recently predating the roman castle.
Basel became the focal point of western Christendom during the 15th-century Council of Basel (1431-1449), including the 1439 election of antipope Felix V.
In 1495, Basel was incorporated in the Upper Rhenish Imperial Circle, the bishop sitting on the Bench of the Ecclesiastical Princes.
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 Basel Boys Choir - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The choir, formerly the Choir of the Swiss Evangelical Reformed Church of Basel, has now no denominational ties, singing both without and with instrumental accompaniment (orchestra and solo instrument).
In spring 1998 the choir flew for its 70th anniversary to a successful concert-tour to South Africa.
In 1999 the boys traveled to the Czech Republic, one year later they gave concerts in Berlin, Potsdam and Poznan.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/KKB   (300 words)

  
 Basel-City -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The capital of the canton Basel-Stadt is the city of (A city in northwestern Switzerland) Basel.
The canton is well connected by both trains and motorways to the rest of Switzerland and the neighbouring areas in (A republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe) France and (A republic in central Europe; split into East German and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990) Germany.
Basel is a major train station of Switzerland, connected to (The capital and largest city of France; and international center of culture and commerce) Paris, (The capital and largest city of Belgium; seat of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization) Brussels and (Capital of Germany located in eastern Germany) Berlin with direct fast trains.
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 Basel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Basel (English traditionally: Basle [bɑːl], German: Basel ['ba:zəl], French Bâle [bɑl], Italian Basilea [bazi'leːa]) is Switzerland's third most populous city (188,000 inhabitants in the canton of Basel-City as of 2004; the 690,000 inhabitants in the conurbation stretching across the immediate cantonal and national boundaries made Basel Switzerland's second-largest urban area as of 2003).
Three railway stations—those of the German, French and Swiss networks—lie within the city (although the Swiss (Basel SBB) and French (Basel SNCF) stations are actually in the same complex, separated by Customs and Immigration facilities).
The oppidum of Basel is one of the supporting points for the Roman troops during the campaigns of Tiberius against the
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 Beat Raaflaub   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
He grew up in Basel and Cameroon and studied German and history at the University of Basel where he graduated as a doctor in modern Swiss history in 1977.
Many recordings for radio and television were produced with his choirs.
He gave concerts with his Boys Choir in Europe, in the United States, in South Africa and in Brazil.
www.bidprobe.com /en/wikipedia/b/be/beat_raaflaub.html   (216 words)

  
 Wikinfo | Choir
A choir is a musical ensemble consisting of voices, that is, singers.
Mixed choirs, perhaps the most common type, usually consisting of soprano, alto, tenor and bass voices, often abreviated as SATB.
Male choirs, usually consisting of two tenors, baritone, and bass, often abreviated as TTBB (or ATBB if the upper part sings falsetto in alto range, as is common in barbershop-style singing).
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 boys choir costumes : Germany individual choirs
In the 1930's the choir had a sailor suit/dress as uniform and approximately starting in the 1940s changed to fl shorts and a simple white shirt for boys and simple fl skirts with suspenders and a white blouse for the girls.
Compared with other famous boys choirs this choir is special in a number of ways: it is not linked to any religion, nor is part of a communal institution--capella vocalis is an independent choir.
The boys choir St Nicolaï was founded in 1960 by Horst Sellentin as a German choir and was attached in 1967 to St Nicolaï cathedral.
histclo.com /act/choir/nat/ger/choirgic.html   (2944 words)

  
 Choir   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Male choirs with similar divisions to mixed choirs, but with boys singing the upper part (often called treble instead of soprano) and men singing alto (in falsetto), also known as countertenor.
Male choirs, usually consisting of two tenors, baritone, and bass, often abreviated as TTBB (or ATBB if the upper part sings falsetto in alto range,as is common in barbershop -stylesinging).
A show choir, a less common choir type, is a choir in which the members sing and dance, and it may be somewhat similar to a musical.
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 BEAT RAAFLAUB FACTS AND INFORMATION
In 1976 he was nominated Director of the ''Jugendmusikschule Muttenz'' near Basel.
Since 1979 he has managed two other choirs as a musical dircetor, the ''Choir St. Arbogast Muttenz'' and the ''Chamber Choir Bülach'' (''Kammerchor Zürcher Unterland'').
Raaflaub is an important artistic counselor of the European Youth Choir Festival.
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 ejcf   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Europäisches Jugendchor Festival (European Festival of Youth Choirs) is a festival for youth choirs mainly from Europe.
It will be held next time in 2007 in Basel.
The host choir is the Basel Boys Choir, whose conductor Beat Raaflaub is an artistic counselor of the festival's presidency.
www.yourencyclopedia.net /EJCF.html   (150 words)

  
 boys choir costumes: Switzerland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
At the choir was founded in 1927, this certainly was not the original costume that the boys wore.
Since its establishment in the year 1585, the choir is embedded into the history of the St. Ursenkirche in Solothurn, which is considered today as the cathedral of the Basel diocese--and as the oldest swiss boys' choir.
The choir, which is not a boarding school choir, consists of boys from different religions and is therefore often also participating to religious services of the main churches represented in Switzerland.
www.histclo.hispeed.com /act/choir/nat/other/choirswi.html   (1657 words)

  
 BASEL FACTS AND INFORMATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Basel (English traditionally: ''Basle'', German: ''Basel'', French ''Bâle'', Italian ''Basilea'') is Switzerland's third most populous city (188,000 inhabitants in the canton of Basel-City as of 2004; the 690,000 inhabitants in the conurbation stretching across the immediate cantonal and national boundaries made Basel Switzerland's second-largest urban area as of 2003).
Basel became the focal point of western Christendom during the 15th-century Council_of_Basel (1431-1449), including the 1439 election of antipope Felix_V.
The soccer club FC_Basel continues to be successful and in recognition of this the city will be one of the venues for the 2008 European Championships, as well as Geneva, Zürich and Bern.
www.amysflowershop.com /?s=Basel   (1259 words)

  
 CHOIR FACTS AND INFORMATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
A choir or chorus is a musical_ensemble of singers.
Male choirs, with the same SATB voicing as mixed choirs, but with boys singing the upper part (often called treble or boy_soprano) and men singing alto (in falsetto), also known as countertenor.
This tradition of a cappella choir singing lasted from sometime between the times of St._Ambrose (4th_century) and Gregory_the_Great (6th_century) up to the present.
www.whereintheworldisbush.com /choir   (2516 words)

  
 eLibrary Project : EJCF   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The "''E"uropäisches "J"ugend"c"hor "F"estival'' ("European Festival of Youth Choirs") is a festival for youth Choir,choirs mainly from Europe.
The host choir is the Basel Boys Choir, whose conducting,conductor Beat Raaflaub is an artistic counselor of the festival's presidency.
Basel, Europäisches Jugendchor Festival - Offenes Treffen von Jugendchören aus ganz Europa; findet alle drei Jahre in Basel und Umgebung statt.
elibraryproject.com /info/EJCF.html   (186 words)

  
 BCSD - The Boy Choir & Soloist Directory   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Choir and Organ Magazine UK The classical music magazine for organists and musicians, directors of sacred and secular choirs, singers, organ builders, and everyone who loves choral and organ music.
Discussion and news of cathedral and church choirs featuring men and boys, secular boychoirs also of treble boy singers past and present.
Previous participants were The Basel Boys choir(Switzerland), Escolania de Monserrat, The Choir of New College of Oxford.
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 Belgian boys choir costumes: Schola Cantorum Cantate Domino   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Schola Cantorum Cantate Domino is a Flemish choir.
The Choristers are all pupils or former pupils of the St. Martin's Institute, a regular secundary school in Aalst, a town approximately 25 km from Brussels, the center of Europe.
In 1994, 1995, 1996 and 1997, the choir was appointed "Cultural Ambassador of Flanders" by the Flemish Government.
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 Basel Boys Choir Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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 About The Choir
Mehta, Tennstedt and Sawallisch in concert with the Philadelphia Orchestra.
Philadelphia Boys Choir, at Carnegie Hall with the Australian Youth Choir.
The Choir staged their first concert in Verizon Hall of the Kimmel Center in May 2002 to a sold-out audience.
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 Basel-City Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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 WKSU Classical Music — WKSU & The Cleveland Orchestra's Travels in Europe
However, every Proms concert is distributed live by the BBC, and made available for listening again as much as a week later.
The Trinity boys Choir joined the women of the Cleveland Orchestra Chorus and mezzo soprano soloist Yvonne Naef in Mahler's gargantuan Symphony No. 3.
Tonight the Cleveland Orchestra is in London to perform Mahler's Third Symphony at the BBC Proms, Britain's oldest and most prestigious summer music festival.
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 Knabenkantorei Basel (Boys' Choir) - Short History
The Knabenkantorei Basel (= KKB) was created in 1927 created as "Singknaben der evangelisch-reformierten Kirche Basel-Stadt (Singing Boys of the Reformation Evangelist Church Basel City).
Since 1983 the choir is directed by Beat Raaflaub.
The choir, which consists of approximately 45 boy as well as 35 man voices, rehearses for two hours two times weekly.
www.bach-cantatas.com /Bio/KKB.htm   (177 words)

  
 wikien.info: Main_Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Encyclopedia : B : BA : BAS : Basel
Basel (English traditionally: Basle [ba:l], German: Basel ['ba:z@l], French Bâle [ba:l], Italian Basilea [bazi'lE:a]) is Switzerland's third most populous city (188,000 inhabitants in the canton of Basel-City as of 2004; the 690,000 inhabitants in the conurbation stretching across the immediate cantonal and national boundaries made Basel Switzerland's second-largest urban area as of 2003).
Basel is also host to an array of buildings by internationally renowned architects, such as the Beyeler Foundation by Renzo Piano, or the Vitra complex in nearby Weil am Rhein, comprised of three buildings by Zaha Hadid (fire station), Frank Gehry (design museum) and Tadao Ando (conference centre).
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 Boys Choirs Europe
Czech Boys Choir Boni Pueri - Hradec Kralove E-mail
The Boy's Choir of Uppsala Cathedral - Uppsala
Stockholms Gosskör (The Stockholm Boys Choir) - Stockholm E-mail
www.est.is /~kvam/choirlink/boyeu.htm   (111 words)

  
 Boychoir Scrapbook   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
What's it like to belong to a choir?
This scrapbook helps to answer these questions through pictures.
If you would like to see the scrapbook grow, please submit your choir photos.
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 individual German boys choir costumes : Aachen Cathedral Boy Choir
Choirs and schools in England and other countries did the same thing.
A popular custom of the medieval Christian church was the Boy Bishop or Nicholas which became part of the Christmas festival.
A boy of the Cathedral choir (and later at schools as well) was elected on Saint Nicholas day (December 12).
histclo.com /act/choir/nat/ger/ic/aa/gc-aabb.html   (358 words)

  
 Basel - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Swiss chemical industry operates largely from Basel, with Novartis, Clariant, Ciba and Hoffmann-La Roche headquartered there.
This encyclopedia, history, geography and biography article about Basel contains research on
Basel, Communications, Industry and trade, History and science, Architecture, Education, Politics, Famous people from Basel, Sport, Culture, Chronological table and External links.
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