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Welcome to my website for The Vienna Boys Choir.
To learn more about the history of the Wiener Sängerknaben
read the articles. Article 1
is from 1954. It contains quotes from father Josef Schnitt, director of
the institute during the second world war and who was
imprisoned by the nazis for not allowing the choir to be used
for nazi propaganda. Article
2 is from the 1960s and gives information on the association
of other famous musicians such as Bruckner and Schubert with the choir.
Article 3 is more up to
date being written in 1998, the 500th Anniversary of the Vienna Boys
Choir, and is the cover notes to the 'Teddy Bear' compilation CD.
The review
section contains reviews of recordings and concerts. Please
email me or use the "add info" button to submit a
review or comments on recordings. Most recently added are two concert
reviews by Robert Moy.
Treble
Soloists (boy sopranos) who have been members of the Wiener
Saengerknaben such as Max Cencic, Terry and Lorin Wey have their own
pages at boysoprano.org
A discography
lists their best CDs currently available as well as a few others.
The gallery
contains a few original scans of album covers. Since the 1920's the
choir has worn a sailor suit. There are two versions of this suit: a
dark blue one (worn for official appearances, at afternoon concerts and
most church concerts) and a white one (worn at tour concerts in the
evenings).
The
Artistic Director,
Choirmaster pages currently have information on Helmuth Froschauer,
Agnes Grossman & Gerald Wirth
Peter
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