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A choirboy is a boy member of a choir, also known as a treble. As a derisive slang term, it refers to a do-gooder or someone who is morally upright, in the same sense that "Boy Scout" (also derisively) refers to someone who is considered honorable or conscientious. == History == The use of choirboys in Christian liturgical music can be traced back to pre-Christian times. Saint Paul's dictum that "women should be silent in churches" (''mulieres in ecclesiis taceant'') resonated with this largely patriarchal tradition; the development of vocal polyphony from the Middle Ages through the Renaissance and Baroque thus took place largely, though not exclusively, in the context of the all-male choir, in which all voice parts were sung by men and boys. The first known usage in print of the term "choirboy" (rather than the earlier "singing boy") was by the Victorian novelist William Makepeace Thackeray (1811–1863) in chapter vii of his story ''The Ravenswing'', published in ''Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country'' (London, Sept. 1843, XXVIII/165, p. 321): "He had been a choir-boy at Windsor". In more recent years as girls have begun joining formerly all-male choirs, the gender-neutral term ''chorister'' is more often being used instead.〔(Ofchoristers.net )〕 (Until the late 20th century ''chorister'' was sometime applied to adult choral singers too, but is now limited to children.) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「choirboy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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