Word: ngerknaben
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Wiener Sängerknaben...
...prowl through the rooms which belonged to Archduke Rudolf, Franz Josef's son who died mysteriously at his hunting lodge at Mayerling. Rudolf's rooms have not been preserved as a museum for tragic memories. They are occupied by 40 lively boys, the Wiener Sängerknaben (Singing Boys of Vienna), a choir which Maximilian I founded in 1498 to supply music for his chapel...
Without the Habsburgs to subsidize them, the Wiener Sängerknaben have had to do what they could toward supporting themselves and last week 22 of the boys ranging from 9 to 12 arrived in the U. S. for a transcontinental tour. On the pier at Hoboken, N. J. they stood solemnly to be photographed in their sailor pants and reefers. They romped and spun tops while customs officials skimmed through their 22 valises in each of which bathrobe, towel, comb and handkerchiefs were packed exactly alike. Then, after sight-seeing Manhattan, the boys set out for Washington where...