Sängerbund, Österreichischer#

Saengerbund, Oesterreichischer, established January 30, 1949 in Vienna. Umbrella organisation of Austrian Choral societies, most of which were established in the second half of the 19th  century. Oesterreichischer Saengerbund Festivals were held in Graz in 1950, in Klagenfurt in 1954, in Vienna in 1958 and in 1971, in Salzburg in 1963, in Innsbruck in 1982 and in Linz in 1990. The Oesterreichischer Saengerbund is composed of 7 provincial associations and comprises 1,424 choirs with 40,577 singers (1993).