Vienna Choir Boys to give concert in Newtown Sunday
At the invitation of Newtown Friends of Music, the world famous Vienna Choir Boys will appear in concert on the stage of Edmond Town Hall on Sunday.
Boys have been singing at the court of the Holy Roman Empire since the early 15th century. In 1498, more than half a millennium ago, Emperor Maximilian I moved his court and his musicians to Vienna. He gave instructions that there were to be six singing boys among the musicians. Historians have settled on 1498 as the foundation date of the Vienna Boys Choir.
Until 1918 the choir sang exclusively for the imperial court. It was in 1921 that the former court choir boys became a private institution, known as the Wiener Sngerknaben (Vienna Choir Boys) and the imperial court uniform was replaced by the sailor suit, then the height of boys fashion.
The performance, costing $40, begins at 3 p.m.
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