There were singer-lutenists at the court in Palermo following the Norman conquest of the island, and the lute is depicted extensively in the ceiling paintings in the Palermo ’ s royal Cappella Palatina, dedicated by the Norman King Roger II in 1140.

* During the middle of the century, the Cappella Palatina is built in Palermo, Sicily, and the Madrid Skylitzes manuscript illustrates the Synopsis of Histories by John Skylitzes.

Cappella Palatina, decorated with Byzantine, Arabic and Norman elements.

A Lombard church from the 10th century, it was part of Arechis II's Royal Mansion with the name " Cappella Palatina ".

" The Cappella Palatina, at Palermo, the most wonderful of Roger's churches, with Norman architecture | Norman doors, Islamic architecture | Saracenic arches, Byzantine architecture | Byzantine dome, and roof adorned with Arabic alphabet | Arabic scripts, is perhaps the most striking product of the brilliant and mixed civilization over which the grandson of the Norman Trancred ruled " ( from EB1911 | 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica ).

A spectacular and famous ( and far from flat ) roof was one of the Islamic components of the 12th century Norman Cappella Palatina in Palermo, which picked from the finest elements of Catholic, Byzantine and Islamic art.

From 1707 he took the place of his father in the Cappella Palatina of Lucca.

Much architecture survives on the outskirts of the Byzantine world, where the national forms of architecture came into being: in the Transcaucasian countries, in Russia, Bulgaria, Serbia, and other Slavic lands ; and also in Sicily ( Cappella Palatina ) and Veneto ( St Mark's Basilica, Torcello Cathedral ).

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The unique illuminating effect of golden tesserae, Cappella Palatina in Palermo, Sicily, 12th century

* Giotto, Cappella degli Scrovegni ( Arena Chapel ), Padua

The pigment was mixed with a binding medium like egg and applied over dry plaster ( such as Giotto di Bondone's frescos in the Cappella degli Scrovegni or Arena Chapel in Padua ).

* The Scrovegni Chapel ( Italian: Cappella degli Scrovegni ) is Padua's most famous sight.

The Sistine Chapel is best known for being the location of Papal conclaves ; it is, however, the chapel of the Papal Chapel ( Cappella Pontificia ), one of the two bodies of the Papal household, called until 1968 the Papal Court ( Pontificalis Aula ).

The other 27 masses could be held in a smaller, less public space, for which the Cappella Maggiore was used before it was rebuilt on the same site as the Sistine Chapel.

The Cappella Maggiore derived its name, the Greater Chapel, from the fact that there was another chapel also in use by the Pope and his retinue for daily worship.

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Behind the altar, the panel painting that replicates the original viewing on the Cappella della Sacra Sindone ( Chapel of the Holy Shroud ) with the Altar of Bertola.

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* Scrovegni Chapel also known as Cappella degli Scrovegni, Padua, Veneto, Italy ( 1303 AD )

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* Giotto ( frescoes in Cappella Peruzzi and righthand Cappella Bardi ; possibly Coronation of the Virgin, altarpiece in the Baroncelli Chapel, also attributed to Taddeo Gaddi )

* Adjacent to the Cathedral and built 1480-1483, is the Cappella Sistina ( Sistine Chapel ), containing the Mausoleum erected by the Della Rovere Pope Sixtus IV to honor his parents, Leonardo Della Rovere and Luchina Monleone.

The centre of the nave is dominated by the beautiful freestanding Cappella del Crocefisso ( Chapel of the Crucifix ), designed by Michelozzo in 1448.

Above is the Cappella dei Principi ( Chapel of the Princes ), a great but awkwardly domed octagonal hall where the grand dukes themselves are buried.

He sang as a boy soprano at the Julian Chapel ( the Cappella Giulia ) from 1568 until 1577 ( by which time he was an alto ), and then he sang at another church until 1580.

* Chapel of the pools ( Cappella delle piscine ), dating back to the 15th century and reworked in the 17th century.

Nothing definite is known about the beginning or end of his life, but he was employed successively by several Roman churches and chapels: the Cappella Liberiana at the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, the San Luigi dei Francesi, the Cappella Giulia ( the Julian Chapel ) at St Peter's, and Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano.

He won the confidence of Cardinal Montalto, later Pope Sixtus V, who entrusted him in 1584 with the erection of the Cappella del Presepio ( Chapel of the Manger ) in Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, a powerful domical building over a Greek cross.

He was a painter of frescoes in the Cappella San Giovanni ( Chapel of St. John the Baptist ) in the Duomo of Siena.

Since 1613, it has been located in the altar tabernacle of the Cappella Paolina ( built specifically for it ), known to English-speaking pilgrims as the Lady Chapel.

Several volumes of his unpublished autograph compositions are in the library of the Cappella Giulia, Rome, and the Bibliotheca Santini at Münster.

: Such groups at the University of Hartford are governed by the A Cappella Coalition and hold joint auditions at the beginning of each year for new members.

The Swingle Singers are curators of the London A Cappella Festival, based at Kings Place, near Kings Cross.

Some examples of " original " Eurodance acts are 2 Brothers On The 4th Floor, 2 Unlimited, Alcazar, Alexia, Bad Boys Blue, Cappella, Captain Jack, Captain Hollywood Project, Centory, Corona, Culture Beat, Dee Monk, Double You, DJ Bobo, Dr. Alban, E-rotic.

Achievements in collegiate a cappella recording are recognized by awards programs ( most notably the Contemporary A Cappella Recording Awards, awarded by CASA ) and compilation albums, such as the long-running Best of College A Cappella series.

Most notable are the Chamber Choir, A Cappella SATB and A Cappella Women.

He was employed in many considerable works in Rome during the pontificates of Clement VIII and Paul V. His main works are frescoes which can be seen in the Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome, in the Cappella Borghese.

On December 20, 2010, Diamond made an appearance on NBC's ' The Sing-Off ', performing " Ain't No Sunshine " along with Committed and Street Corner Symphony, two A Cappella groups featured on the show.

The Cappella Nuova already contained two groups of images in the vaulting over the altar, the Judging Christ and the Prophets, by Fra Angelico, who had begun the murals fifty years earlier.

Professional awards include two Wammies ( Washington DC local music awards ) for " Best A Cappella " group.

It is home to metro-wide indie radio station WRFG FM 89. 3, two independent bookstores ( Charis Books and More and A Cappella Books ), record stores ( Criminal Records, Wax ' n ' Facts ), coffee shops ( Java Lords, Aurora Coffee, Starbucks ), a health and wellness center ( Sweetgrass Wellness Spring ), new and used clothing stores ( Rag-O-Rama ), novelty shops ( Junkman's Daughter ), a new-age shop ( Crystal Blue ), a locally owned credit union ( BOND Community Federal Credit Union ), and Horizon Theatre ), a major music venue ( Variety Playhouse ), a community music school ( The Little 5 Points Music Center ), a smoking store ( 42 °), and several local restaurants and bars.

Later the two worked until June 1448 in the Cappella Niccolina for Nicholas V. From 1449 is a banner with Madonna and Child in the church of Santa Maria sopra Minerva, perhaps designed by Angelico.

The choral department also has two extracurricular groups the Show Choir, Fairfax Fame, and Rebel Treble, an auditioned student-led mixed a Cappella ensemble.

Giuseppe was the first teacher of Lorenzo as well as his other two sons, Carlo ( who became a priest and then a cardinal ) and Marziano ( who was Maestro di Cappella at the Duomo of Milan from 1930 to 1949 ).

Only two months after his coronation in 1903, Pius released his Motu Proprio ( co-written, no doubt, by Pius's great friend Perosi, who had been Maestro di Cappella since 1898 and was now promoted to " Maestro Perpetuo ").

The group won two 2006 Contemporary A Cappella Society awards, one in the Religious Album category ( for Worship ) and one for Religious Song ( for Anthem to My King, from Worship ).

It is organised into two bodies: the Papal Chapel ( Cappella Pontificia ), which assists the pope in his functions as spiritual head of the church, especially in religious ceremonies ; and the Papal Family or Household ( Familia Pontificia ), which assists him as head of a juridical body with civil functions.