page_title: Court chapel
section_title: Hofburg chapel, Vienna
hierarchical_section_title: Court chapel / German language regions / Hofburg chapel, Vienna
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Die Wiener Hofburgkapelle ist die älteste und Hauptkapelle der Hofburg sowie Hauskapelle der Habsburger. Vermutlich um 1287/88 ließ Albrecht I. eine spätromanische Kapelle errichten, die urkundlich 1296 erstmals erwähnt wurde. Von 1423 bis 1426 erfolgte unter Albrecht V. eine Erweiterung. Von 1447 bis 1449 ließ Kaiser Friedrich III. sie im gotischen Stil um- und ausbauen. Maria Theresia veranlasste einen spätbarocken Umbau der Kapelle. Im Zuge des Klassizismus wurde sie 1802 wiederum regotisiert. In ihr konzertierte die von Maximilian I. gegründete Hofmusikkapelle, deren Tradition von den Wienern Philharmonikern und den Wiener Sängerknaben fortgeführt wird. &#160; This media shows the protected monument with the number 20113 in Austria. (Commons, de, Wikidata)
context_page_description: A court chapel is a chapel and/or a chapel as a musical ensemble associated with a royal or noble court. Most of these are royal chapels, but when the ruler of the court is not a king, the more generic "court chapel" is used, for instance for an imperial court.
  In German Hofkapelle is both the word for a royal chapel and any other court chapel.
  As a musical venture court chapels emerged in 16th century Europe, largely due to the consolidation of more itinerant musical groups initiated by the dukes of Burgundy and their Imperial successors in the 15th century. There was a double objective: continuity and stability of religious ceremony, and showcasing splendour and artistic taste of the court. The chapels and palaces that were built at the time exhibited the same splendour, and served the same goals.
context_section_description: Following the collapse of the monarchy the Choir, part of the Hofkapelle, was disbanded in 1920. In 1924 the choir was reinstated as the Vienna Boys Choir and permanently settled in the Imperial Court Chapel, the Hofkapelle of the Hofburg Palace. The Hofburg Boys Choir was subsidised by the Royal Private School. After 1926, to consolidate the financial position of the Vienna Boys Choir, the Royal Court Chapel organised a wide range of singing engagements outside their own programme. The Choir remains in worldwide demand well into the 21st century.
caption: The Hofburg chapel, Vienna
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