Figure 1.--The uniform of the Vienna Choir Boys was a army-like cadet uniform until the disaster of World War I caused many Austrians to view such a uniform as unsuitable for children.
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Figure 1.--The uniform of the Vienna Choir Boys was a army-like cadet uniform until the disaster of World War I caused many Austrians to view such a uniform as unsuitable for children. |
The Vienna Choir Boys initially wore a army cadet uniform. We have little information on this uniform such as whn it was adopted and how it cahnged over time. One photograph shows the boys wearing an elaborate military uniform with two long rows of parallel buttons. Some of the bys in this photograph look older than today's choristers.
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