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Les Petits Chanteurs à la Croix de Bois

The Little Singers of Paris (French: Les Petits Chanteurs à la Croix de Bois, literally "Little Singers of the Wooden Cross") is a boys' choir with its main location in Autun, France. It has its origins in 1907 in Paris, moved to Lyon during the Second World War, but moved back to Paris. It has toured widely inside and outside France. The aim of its founders was to form a choir that would travel from place to place and bring to the people the splendors of Gregorian chant and Palestrininian music. Since then, and over 17,000 concerts later, secular and traditional world music has been added to their repertoire. Drawn from the less privileged, the boys join the choir school at 9 or 10 years of age and remain until their 15th birthday. The choirboys board during the week, and the musical and educational curriculum that they follow is adapted specifically for them. Each year they undertake approximately seven national tours of France and three international tours. Darius Milhaud, who wrote the ‘Cantata of Peace’ for the Little Singers in 1937, called the school "a miracle of faith, tenacity, enthusiasm and talent". The Little Singers head an international federation, the ‘Pueri Cantores’ numbering about 2,000 groups and including almost 80,000 singers throughout the world. On tour, the Little Singers number 60 to 70 voices led by Jean-Baptiste Pineault and Mr Thomas, the choirmasters. Source: Article "The Little Singers of Paris" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.


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Born:
Jan 1, 1907
Movie/TV Credits:
18
First Appeared:
In the movie Life Dances On 1937-09-09
Latest Project:
Movie Antonio Vivaldi - A Prince in Venice 2007-08-29
Known For
Poster of Fan School
Poster of Numéro un
Poster of Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Poster of Midi trente
Filmography
Movie Antonio Vivaldi - A Prince in Venice Les Petits Chanteurs à la Croix de Bois (uncredited) 2007-08-29
Series Le monde est à vous Self 1987-09-13
Series La Chance aux chansons Self 1984-03-26
Series Champs-Elysées Self 1982-01-16
Series Fan School Self 1977-01-30
Series 30 millions d'amis Self 1976-01-06
Series Système 2 Self 1975-01-19
Series Les Rendez-vous du dimanche Self 1975-01-12
Series Numéro un Self 1975-04-05
Series Midi trente Self 1972-03-06
Series Discorama Self 1959-02-04
Movie Boom on Paris 1954-02-19
Movie The Sparrows of Paris 1953-06-11
Movie Valse brillante 1949-12-02
Movie Tainted 1946-12-04
Movie A Cage of Nightingales Les élèves 1945-09-06
Movie The Duel 1941-01-01
Movie Life Dances On 1937-09-09