Vienna Music - Walk 3h : How Vienna became a music city (DE/EN)

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Vienna Music - Walk 3h : How Vienna became a music city (DE/EN)

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Overview

Vienna is considered the “city of music”. This walk explains why.

The tour leads through the old town and shows the development of musical culture from the early beginnings to the 19th century.
The focus is not on individual composers, but on the structures behind them : courtyard, church and growing urban society.

Selected audio samples make this development understandable. They show how musical forms change, build on each other and reflect the respective zeitgeist.

Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert and Strauss show how music breaks away from fixed structures and becomes part of urban life.

The walk leads from the historic centre to the Ring and shows two sides of Vienna : the narrow old town and the open city of the 19th century.

The tour ends at the Vienna State Opera.

For those who not only want to hear Vienna, but also want to understand it.

Activity location

Molker Bastei
- Molker Bastei 8
- 1010, Vienna, Austria

Meeting/Redemption Point

Universitätsring 12
- 12 Universitätsring
- 1010, Wien, Wien, Austria

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Music Walk ENG

3h
English

English

Travellers

Language options: English

Starting time: 4:00 PM

Price details

NZ$159.48 x 1 AdultNZ$159.48

Total

Until Thu, 30 Apr

Musis walk DE

3h
German

German

Travellers

Language options: German

Starting time: 4:00 PM

Price details

NZ$159.48 x 1 AdultNZ$159.48

Total

Until Thu, 30 Apr

What's included, what's not

Practical recommendations for further musical venues and concert experiences in Vienna
Exterior visits of all stations along the route
Guided city tour of Vienna's music history with a state-certified guide
Classification of the most important musical developments in the historical context of the city
Audio samples of selected works to illustrate musical structures and developments
personal consumptions
Admissions : only outdoor visits, indoors only if possible and spontaneous
Tipping

Know before you book

Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Public transport options are available nearby
Not recommended for travellers with spinal injuries
Not recommended for travellers with poor cardiovascular health
Travellers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
All visited places are visited from the outside. Interiors only when possible and spontaneous

Activity itinerary

Molker Bastei

Kick-off off off the familiar paths. With Beethoven begins the question why Vienna became a magnet for musicians.

Freyung

This is where the earliest layers of the city lie. With the transition from the Roman camp to the medieval city, the foundations for a cultural centre are created.

Am Hof

Former centre in the Middle Ages. With court culture and minnesang, Vienna emerges as an early musical place in Central Europe.

Wiener Hofburgkapelle

With the Habsburgs, music becomes part of courtly representation. Institutions such as the Hofmusikkapelle have shaped musical life for centuries.

The Hofburg

Vienna is becoming part of a European network. With Italian opera, a new musical form reaches the city.

Plague Column (Pestsaule)

Music part of Baroque representation. Vienna is becoming the European music capital.

Peterskirche

The Baroque city as a complete work of art. Architecture, art and music are closely interlinked here.

Stephansdom Monument

Central place of the city's history. Mozart marks the beginning of the transition into a new musical era.

Mozarthaus Vienna

Mozart becomes visible as part of a larger context. His work marks the transition to public music culture

Franziskanerkirche

The oldest organ in Vienna refers to the importance of church music. For centuries, it has formed the basis of Viennese musical life.

Neuer Markt

Music is increasingly shifting from the courtyard to the city. With Mozart and Haydn, the bourgeois audience is gaining importance.

Beethoven Statue

Music is increasingly shifting from the courtyard to the city. With Mozart and Haydn, the bourgeois audience is gaining importance.

Stadtpark

Music is created in private space. Schubert stands for a new, more intimate form of musical life. With Johann Strauss father and son, she reaches a wide audience. Music becomes part of everyday urban life

Musikverein

The developed infrastructure of Viennese musical life is evident along central music venues.

Wiener Staatsoper

Symbol of the continuity of the Viennese musical tradition. Here the storey continues to this day.

Location

Activity location

Molker Bastei
- Molker Bastei 8
- 1010, Vienna, Austria

Meeting/Redemption Point

Universitätsring 12
- 12 Universitätsring
- 1010, Wien, Wien, Austria

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