as well as supporting the Vienna Boys' Choir conductors:
**Hermann Furthmoser
Gerhard Lang
Xaver Meyer**
Ferdinand Grossmann is one of the most important Austrian musicians of the 20th century. The book "Den Sängern ein Vater" (A Father to the Singers) (by Désirée Hornek / 1987; ISBN 3-85058-014-8) recounts the most important stages of his artistic career.
Grossmann laid the foundations for the Chorus Viennensis, promoting vocal training and focusing on intonation and phrasing. The choir sang demanding male choir literature. Particularly noteworthy is a performance of Bach's St Matthew Passion together with the Vienna Boys' Choir in the Vienna Hofburg Chapel. Several records were made under his direction (see discography).
