Wiener Hofmusikkapelle

Interior view of the Wiener Hofburgkapelle
The three-storey gallery of the Hofburgkapelle

The Wiener Hofmusikkapelle is the group of musicians serving at the court chapel in Vienna. It was founded in 1498 under Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor.[1] It was disbanded in 1922 and was the forerunner of the Vienna Boys' Choir.

  1. ^ Lopez, Juan José Carreras; García, Bernardo José; Knighton, Tess (2005). The Royal Chapel in the Time of the Habsburgs: Music and Ceremony in Early Modern European Court. Boydell Press. p. 13. ISBN 978-1-84383-139-6.