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Royal chapel

A royal chapel is a chapel associated with a monarch, a royal court, or in a royal palace.

A royal chapel may also be a body of clergy or musicians serving at a royal court or employed by a monarch.

Both the United Kingdom and Canada have a tradition of Chapels Royal.

The first noble or royal court orchestras in German language regions, most of which were founded in the sixteenth century, were called Hofkapelle. When the noble and royal courts dissipated the name was often replaced by Staatskapelle ("State Chapel"), usually indicating an orchestra with a prior tradition as Hofkapelle.

The Vienna Boys Choir replaced the former Hofkapelle at the Austrian Hofburg four years after the original musical ensemble was disbanded in 1920, following the collapse of the monarchy.

Choir of the Chapel Royal, Copenhagen.

Det Kongelige Kapel / Royal Danish Orchestra

The musical establishment attached to the royal chapel of the French kings, the Chapel Royal was founded in the time of the Merovingian kings and reached its zenith under the Old Regime. Under the direction of a clergyman, the Master of the Chapel, the staff included undermasters in charge of rehearsals and the composition of royal masses, an organist, cornetists and around thirty singers and choristers, as well as masters who taught music to the children.

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