Figure 1.--Les Petits Chanteurs de Saint-Francois de Versailles wear the standard French choir uniform, bkue sweaters, white short worn without a tie, blue shorts, white kneesocks, and black leather shoes. This is the uniform worn at many private French and Belgian colleges. |
Many countries of Western and Central Europe have
a long tradition of church boys' choirs dating back to the medevil
era. One of the longest traditions is that of the
French boy choirs. The choirs were associated and continue to be
associated with the the Catholic Church. I do not know of any
secular boy choirs in France.
HBC has not yet been able to find information on this choir.
The every day uniforms of French choirs have traditionally been blue sweaters, white shirts, blue
short pants, and white knee socks. This is simply the everyday
school uniform at French private Catholic colleges. This is the uniform worn by les Petits Chanteurs de Saint-Francois de Versailes (The Little Singers of St. Francis of Versailles). As it has become less common for
French boys to wear short pants, many of the choirs now have long pants uniforms. A few choirs, however, continue to wear short pants--although they
often are extremely long at knee length. Some boys even wear their short pants below the knee. The boys wear shirts with destinctive collars.
Figure 2.--In this close up of les Petits Chanteurs de Saint-Francois de Versailles, note the destinctive shirt collars, rather like shirts worn in the 1940s. |
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