Figure 1.--A historic tradition in Germany was for children from poor families who were students or choristers to go from home to home in their districts singing hynns. The people would given them a few coins. We note a photograph from Germany, probably in the early 1930s. We see a group of German boy singers in traditional cloaks singinging in the Berlin suburbs. The portrait is undated, but looks to have been taken in the early 1930s. Click on the image to see the children lestening to them.

A historic tradition in Germany was for children from poor families who were students or choristers to go from home to home in their districts singing hynns. The people would given them a few coins. They were called Kurrende singers. We have little information on this, including the chronology of this tradition. It seems to have been a tradition in England and other countries as well. We note a photograph from Germany, probably in the early 1930s. We see a group of German boy singers in traditional cloaks singinging in the Berlin suburbs. The portrait is undated, but looks to have been taken in the early 1930s. The photograph was taken in Steglitz, a Berlin suburb. Given the propsperity in Germany, this custom probably no longer exists, but we have no current information. Hopefully our German readers will know more.