VIENNA CHOIR BOYS - Christmas Festival (RCA Red Seal VINYL LP, 1976) **SEALED**

Description: VIENNA CHOIR BOYS - Christmas Festival (RCA Red Seal VINYL LP, 1976) **SEALED** The Vienna Boys' Choir, or Wiener Sängerknaben in German (and also known as the Vienna Choir Boys, a more direct translation), is among the world's foremost and beloved children's choirs. It is also one of the oldest musical organizations anywhere, fulfilling traditional roles that date back centuries. The choir dates back to June or July of 1498 when Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I issued a decree specifying that boys' voices should be the singers of the court chapel at the Hofburg Palace; the boys perform at Sunday masses there to this day. Composers who have written for the Boy's Choir include Mozart, Schubert, and Bruckner, and conductors Clemens Krauss and Hans Richter are among the choir's many distinguished musical alumni. At the height of Austro-Hungarian imperial power, the choir often performed secular concerts in military-style uniforms complete with daggers. That came to an end as the empire dissolved after World War I, but a chaplain at the court, spending his own money, reassembled the choir and created a new image featuring sailor uniforms. The choir gradually gained international popularity, making the first of more than 50 U.S. tours in 1932. In 1948, choristers began attending their own boarding school at the Augarten Palace. In 1961, the choir appeared in the Walt Disney film Almost Angels; the Austrian national emblem on their uniforms dates back to that film. The Vienna Boys' Choir has toured all six inhabited continents, with the membership of 100 singers divided into smaller groups that are on the road for three months at a time, with a tutor and nurse. Together, the Vienna Boys' Choir groups perform about 300 concerts a year. "Christmas Festival" was recorded by the Vienna Boys Choir in Vienna in April 1975, Hans Gillesberger directing the Vienna Chamber Orchestra, with Anton Neyder at the Piano and Johannes Sonnleitner at the Organ. Track List:A1In Dulci Jubilo2:30 A2Anima Nostra5:37 A3Adeste Fideles1:36 A4Greensleeves (The Old Year Now Away Is Fled)2:50 A5Hark! The Herald Angels Sing2:12 A6Deck The Halls1:09 A7Gloria, Gott In Der Hoh!0:56 A8Es Ist Ein Ros' Entsprungen3:26 B1Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht3:31 B2Die Engel Und Die Hirten3:42 B3Ihr Kinderlein Kommet0:55 B4Joy To The World1:28 B5The Little Drummer Boy2:23 B6Angels We Have Heard3:04 B7Kommet Ihr Hirten1:31 B8Pueri Concinite4:33 FREE MEDIA MAIL SHIPPING TO DOMESTIC ADDRESSES. PRIORITY MAIL available for speedy delivery! International buyers may use eBay's International Shipping Program. And see my other RECORDS for sale HERE and my CDs for sale HERE!

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