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If your feet will stand it, and you're not all statued-out, a short walk from the shady gardens of the Stadtpark, will bring you to Beethoven. Just as Strauss's golden memorial is as light and as frivolous as his music, and Schubert's conveys somehow the unhappiness of a life cut short, Beethoven's statue is as imposing and splendid as the music, with its base of classical figures and the genius's brooding presence overlooking all.
Although born in Germany, Beethoven lived virtually all his adult life in Vienna, and there are markers all over the city to tell the story - he is known to have lived in at least 30 different houses, many of which are still standing. I wouldn't for a moment suggest you try to track them all down but you're bound to notice some as you explore the city. Leave a Comment Directions: 2 blocks south west of the Stadtpark
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 The Figarohaus
Schulerstrasse facade by TheWanderingCamel,
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The "Figaro" house is the only survivor of the eleven places the composer is known to have lived in at various times in Vienna, and he only occupied an apartment in the building at that, but the years between 1784 and 1787 that he spent there were known to be among the happiest of his short life, and it was here that he wrote the sublime "Marriage of Figaro".
Apart from the music, there's little that is tangible left of Mozart's life, so don't expect to find much here that belonged to the genius. The whole museum is really a piece of smoke and mirrors, using clever effects and a few prints, copies of scores and other odds and ends to tell the story. It won't be enough for some people, but for others just to walk through the rooms, to gaze at the elaborate ceiling of his and Constanza's bedroom, to hear the strains of the immortal music, is enough to conjure up the ghost. Leave a Comment
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 One of a million by TheWanderingCamel
The inevitable Johann Strauss Museum is to be found in a house he lived in from 1863 to 1878. and where he composed his most famous Waltz, "The Blue Danube". The house contains his baby grand piano and harmonium and some period furniture and costumes and some memorabilia. With so many other amazing museums in Vienna, this one is really only for the true afficionados. Leave a Comment Directions: Statue : U - Stadtpark (Line 4) Trams 1 or 2 Museum : Praterstrasse 54 Tuesday to Thursday, 2-6pm Friday to Sunday and some holidays, 10 -1 Closed: New Year's Day, May Day and Christmas Day and all Monday holidays U - Nestroyplatz (Line 1)
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The lives of Franz Schubert and Anton Bruckner could hardly have been more different, and the same is true of their music. Schubert live in Vienna all his life and was Viennese through and through, Bruckner spent his last 28 years there and was never truly at home. Both are honoured with statues in Vienna's Stadtpark - though Schubert's is by far the grander.
Schubert's short life (he died aged 31, probably of typhus, though he was suffering the terminal stages of syphilis at the time of his death) produced a huge body of work, most notably hundreds of Lieder (songs) together with chamber and symphonic works the beauty of which places him among the truly great. True to the image of ill-fated and unacknowledged youthful genius, he was largely unrecognised during his lifetime though it was only to be 30-odd years after his death before he was deemed to warrant such a grand memorial as the statue that graces the Stadtpark today.
Bruckner, on the other hand, had a long apprenticeship as a composer - he was still studying at the age of 40 and his compositions did not find real acceptance until he was in his 60s. He did however, live long enough to see his work acknowledged. He will never be considered the genius that Schubert was, but there is both beauty and truth in much of his work and he has earned his place in the pantheon. Leave a Comment Directions: U - Stadtpark or Trams 1 or 2
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 by christine.j
The museum opens at 10 and that's when we were there. It turned to be a good decision, as we had the place for ourselves for about one hour and didn't have to get in line anywhere. When we left, it was packed and people had to wait for their turn to conduct or to try out the instruments.
Update 2008:
I had loved this museum during my first stay in Vienna and so it was the must-do activity for me this time. I made sure I was there at opening time - 10 am - and went straight up to third floor to conduct the orchestra.This is so much fun. You see the complete orchestra on a video and by a baton you can conduct.If you move it fast, they play very fast and if you take your time, it sounds like an old record being played at the wrong speed.Then, sooner or later, one of the musicians loses his patience and starts scolding.Call me childish, but I always have to laugh. There are three different pieces of music to chose from, and this time I chose them all.
Again, as during my first time in the museum, there were school classes, so in order to experience and try out as much as possible, come early.
The picture is taken from the video, so grainy, but it gives some idea at least. Leave a Comment Directions: It's between the Stephan cathedral and the state opera.Website: http://www.hdm.at/
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The names of classical music's stars are laid out in a parade that lines the pedestrianised Kartnerstrasse in a Viennese version of Hollywood's Walk of Fame. Just about all the great and the good - composers, conductors, performers - with some connection to Vienna are named here - a real music buff will probably be able to identify them all, though even she or he may have run out of steam after checking out the first twenty or so. Leave a Comment
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 Kursalon at night by rexvaughanLeave a Comment
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 Musikverein by Caniko
We bought our tickets in front of the opera house and went to 'MUSIKVEREIN-Golden saal" to listen to music. Small pieces from Mozart and Strauss were really good. Players were wearing traditional clothes. Leave a Comment Phone: 5057766Directions: It is across to Karlplatz station.Website: www.mozart.co.at
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 The Konzert Hall by Jmill42
The konzert hall has a long and storied past, with the most notable thing being Johann Strauss performed and conducted here 150 years ago. The room where I heard the konzert was the actual room he was in! And now I was listening to his music! Awesome! Leave a Comment
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