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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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From thirty-four returns it would seem that some 5% of cathedral choristers become professional church musicians.
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He kept a chapel with four priests and sixteen choristers at Rye House, at a cost of £100 a year.
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In reply to a question as to how many cathedral choristers become clergy, the response of 2.5% was consistent across the country.
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It's in my blood, my father was a chorister for 60 years.
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Meanwhile, Salisbury Cathedral has recently recruited girls as choristers.
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Most of the choristers, all of whom have to re-audition each season, also have day jobs.
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Purcell, Haydn and Schubert were among the many who derived most of their basic musical training from being apprenticed as choristers.