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Boys' Choirs: The tradition of Boys' Choirs in Austrian monasteries 
and abbeys as well as in the Wiener Hofmusikkapelle goes back to the 
fact that women were not allowed to take part in the performance of 
music during divine service. The Boys' Choirs training institutes had 
few students (in Vienna about 15 boys). In the 19%%sup th/% 
 century and at the beginning of the 20%%sup th/%  century 
many of these institutes had to close down. The most famous Boys' 
Choirs nowadays are the  Vienna Boys' Choir, and the Boys' Choirs of 
the abbeys Altenburg, Zwettl and Sankt Florian.


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