The St.-Martins-Chorknaben Biberach (

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: St Martin's Boys' Choir Biberach) is a boys' and men's choir from Biberach an der Riß in southern

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. The choir was founded in 1962 and is since then member of the ''Pueri Cantores'', an international association of catholic youth choirs. The choir regularly takes part in services in its home parish St Martin and the surrounding parishes. In their annual concert tour the choirboys also perform abroad.

Repertoire

The St.-Martins-Chorknaben sing sacred music – usually a cappella, that is without instrumental sound. Their repertory covers all the periods in musical history – from

Gregorian Chant Gregorian chant is the central tradition of Western plainsong, plainchant, a form of monophony, monophonic, unaccompanied sacred song in Latin (and occasionally Greek (language), Greek) of the Roman Catholic Church. Gregorian chant developed ma ...

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Bach Johann Sebastian Bach (28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his orchestral music such as the ''Brandenburg Concertos''; instrumental compositions such as the Cello Suites; keyboard wor ...

and Mozart up to modern composers like Poulenc or Miškinis. The choir rehearses twice a week. As the need arises the singers get an extra voice training. Moreover there is a rehearsal weekend twice a year.

Concert tours

With their annual concert tour the St.-Martins-Chorknaben want to contribute to the understanding among nations. During their journey they try to stay in host families to get to learn the country and its people. 2002 the St.-Martins-Chorknaben stayed on Guernsey. Inhabitants of this Channel Island were interned in

Oflag V-B Oflag V-B was a World War II German prisoner-of-war camp for officers (''Offizierlager''), in operation from 1940 until 1942. It was located in Biberach in south-eastern Baden-Württemberg. Camp history The camp was originally built as barracks ...

in Biberach during

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...

. With their visit the choirboys could contribute to strengthen the partnership between Guernsey and Biberach.

Media

DVD: ''Hinter den Stimmen – Die Chorknaben aus Biberach'' (

: Behind the Voices – The Choirboys from Biberach) The documentary had its premiere in November 2009 at the film festival of Biberach.Franziska Rötzsch: ''Chorknaben sind großartige Hauptdarsteller''. In: Schwäbische Zeitung, 4. November 2009. The DVD was released in July 2010. CD: ''Cantate Domino'' (2009)

References

External links

Official website

Website of the documentary "Behind the Voices – The Choirboys from Biberach"

Trailer of the documentary on YouTube
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