!!!Wiener Sängerknaben

Vienna Boys' Choir (Wiener Saengerknaben), emerged from the 
traditional Court Boys' Choir, which formed part of the staff of the  
Hofmusikkapelle from the Late Middle Ages before the reform of the 
Hofmusikkapelle in 1498. Around 14-20 boys were responsible for the 
musical programme of holy masses and were under the supervision of a 
precentor, later they were subordinate to the kapellmeister. Due to 
their profound musical education, many members of the Vienna Boys' 
Choir continued to pursue a musical career even after their voices 
broke (the brothers J. and M.  Haydn, F.  Schubert, F.  Mottl, C.  
Krauss etc.). The dissolution of the Hofmusikkapelle in 1920 also 
meant the end of the boys' choir. However, the then rector of the 
Hofmusikkapelle, J. Schnitt, wanted the tradition to be continued and 
the Boys' Choir Institute was re-established as the Vienna Boys' Choir 
and gradually turned into a professional music business. One of four 
choirs, which were founded in 1935, is responsible for Sunday mass in 
the Vienna Burgkapelle chapel, the others are available for concerts, 
world tours, films, records etc. The palace in the  Augarten has 
served as a training facility and boarding school since 1948. The 
Vienna Boys' Choir and the Hofburgkapelle are subordinate to the 
Ministry for Education.

!Literature
R. Holzer and J. Schmitt, Die Wiener Saengerknaben, 1953; 
F. J. Grobauer, Die Nachtigallen aus der Wiener Burgkapelle, 
1954; F. Endler, Die Wiener Saengerknaben, 1974.


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