Originally posted by Don Basilio
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The colour worn by royal foundations is scarlet - not 'red'. An exception is St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, where the colour is murrey. -
Originally posted by Wolsey View Post
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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Yes, it's a wonderful word! From Norman FrenchOriginally posted by vinteuil View Post
It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.Comment
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AH oui! Les mûres...Originally posted by french frank View PostYes, it's a wonderful word! From Norman French
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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In this bright new Age of Recyclement, one might have expected some shade of vert to be a popular colour for cassocks.
Am I not right that St Albans once won Her Majesty's displeasure by wearing scarlet cassocks without her authority? Or are the charming stories on that issue pure Alban myth?Comment
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Of course following their recent collaboration I hear that Lincoln Cathedral are now adopting this variation
(there are members of the Cathedral choir on the last Cradle of Filth Album !)Comment
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Salisbury Cathedral choir are in green cassocks. Tacky to my mind.Originally posted by decantor View PostComment
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Decantor,Originally posted by decantor View Post
Absolutely right. They still wear them, although they played safe the she last time she visited the Abbey when the boys sang for her wearing their blue sweat shirts with the choir logo.
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Yes, that's the first part of the story as I heard it. The second part goes on to say that HM then spoke to a chorister and asked him the colour of the cassock he normally wore. Being an honest lad and a true subject, he torpedoed the Abbey's stratagem. A myth?Originally posted by Magnificat View PostComment
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This was, in fact, what happened. The Master of the Music's face turned scarlet!!Originally posted by decantor View Post
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