Yes, the Vienna Boys Choir is based in Vienna. While it is composed primarily of boys from Austria, it also holds auditions and selects boys from all over the world.
Vienna Boys' Choir was created in 1498.
One movie that was made in 1962 was called Almost Angels. It is about the Vienna Boys Choir and featured some actual members of the choir.
Vienna Boys Choir, Las Pinas Boys Choir, Sto. Domingo Tiples, Manila Cathedral Boys Choir
Vienna.
Vienna boys choir?
Absolutely not. At around age 14, when their voice breaks, they leave the choir.
Almost angels
Vienna Girls' Choir was created in 2004.
"The Roman Catholic Church was known to have castrated their choir boys to preserve the prepubescent voices but that action died out in the 1800's i would think the same could be said about the Vienna boys choir. " The church never castrated anyone, it was an offense punishable by excommunication and performed by people who kept quiet about it. The church was happy to employ castrati in its choirs and the last one retired as head of the Cistine Chapel choir in about 1913. The unified Italian state made it illegal in 1870 and pope Leo xiii formally banned it eight years later. Sadly this wouldn't seem to have been an end to a long tradition of harm to boys. The high voices of the Vienna Boys Choir are perfectly natural, the clue is in the title; boys.
It is called The Vienna Boy's Choir (Wiener Sängerknabel), "officially" founded in 1498 as a Court Choir. The choir has boy sopranos and altos, and adult tenors and basses (many of them are former choir members),As with many choirs in Europe who may date back to the Middle Ages, women (girls) were not allowed to sing in church choirs. Also, many famous choir schools were, regrettably, also not open for girls.Thas has changed considerably. For instance, the Salisbury Cathedral Choir (UK) has now a boy's and girl's choir. As there are some slightly tonal differences between boy and girl soprano they alternate each day singing Evensong.That choir's tradition is even older than that of the Vienna choir, they're singing their hearts out as early as 1258.
Every year at Christmas the world famous Vienna Boys Choir gives a Christmas concert. Established in 1498, their annual concert is a Viennese Christmas tradition.
Copenhagen Boys Choir was created in 1924.