Districts VI-IX

Joseph Haydn bought this house in 1793 and moved into it after his two trips to England, in 1795. Die Schöpfung, Die Jahreszeiten and the last string quartets were written here. He stopped composing in 1803 and died here in 1809, during the French occupation; Napoleon had a guard of honour placed before the entrance. Soon it became a pilgrim’s place for music lovers.

A part of the house is in use as a Brahms museum, with furnishings from his last house at the Karlsgasse and other objects.

Because of the wartime, a modest funeral service for Haydn was held here under the sounds of the fine Requiem by his brother Michael.

House of Haydn’s secretary Johann Elßler and birthplace of his daughter Fanny (1810), who became one of the leading dancers of her time.

The Haydn monument by Heinrich Natter was erected in 1887.

The factory of the piano maker Stelzhammer was taken over by Ehrbar in 1966, in place of its former location at the Mühlgasse with the Ehrbarsaal (> 2.72). Empress Elisabeth (‘Sisy’) and Leoš Janáček were two of the many owners of the excellent instruments. Still after 1966 Ehrbar held on to the old handicraft tradition, but unfortunately had to close the firm in the 1990s; only a music shop in the nearby Mariahilferstraße remains.

Beethoven lived here in the years 1822-23 and worked at the Missa Solemnis; Franz Liszt paid a visit to him.

Neighbours were at nr. 20 Beethoven’s brother Johann and at nr. 24 (afterwards) Anton Dominik Feinkorn, the sculptor of Vienna’s first Beethoven monument (> 4.75).

This theatre was the successor of the Freyhaustheater (> 2.57); it was established by Emanuel Schikaneder in 1801 and famous premières took place: Beethoven’s Fidelio in 1805, his Violin concerto in 1806 and some of his symphonies. Berlioz and Wagner appeared here, Suppé, Lortzing and Nedbal worked as conductors. Another renowned FP: Die Lustige Witwe by Lehár (1905), with overwhelming success in spite of the skeptical attitude of the then director, Wilhelm Karczay. In the post war years the theatre stood in for the performances of the Staatsoper, which had to be reconstructed. Today it is devoted to musicals.

There was also an apartment (not extant) in which Beethoven, Abbé Vogler and Oskar Nedbal lived.

Café Sperl was established in 1880 and is one of the best Viennese coffee houses, full of atmosphere. Lehár and Kálmán were frequent guests (some pictures are on display).

Birthplace of the operetta composer Carl Millöcker, °1842 (demolished).

Franz Lehár lived here from 1908 until 1931. He had bought not only his own apartment but the whole block; it is still a property of the Lehár-Gesellschaft.

House of the music critic Julius Korngold, his wife Josephine and - until 1925 - their son Wolfgang Erich. The latter surprised from the age of 11 with daring compositions and later on became a successful soundtrack composer in Hollywood.

The Hungarian composer Ernő Dohnányi lived here in 1901.

WIENVII.Neubau

In 1790 Albrechtsberger and Mozart played the new organ by F.X. Chrismann; unfortunately only its splendid front survives.

Birthplace of the composer and last Hofballmusikdirektor Carl Michael Ziehrer, °1843.

The composer Karl Goldmark lived in this picturesque district, Spittelberg-Viertel.

Mariage of Christoph Willibald Gluck (1750). Baptisms of Joseph Lanner (1801) and Johann Strauß jr. (1825): the founding father and the supreme representative of the Viennese Waltz joined together.

Birthplace of Joseph Lanner, °1801. He developed the modest waltz to its extended structure of Introduction - Waltz chain - Coda.

Birthplace of Johann Strauß jr., the later waltz king, °1825. The original house was demolished.

Monument of the legendary folk singer and bagpipe player Max Augustin (end of 17^th century), who survives in the song Oh, du lieber Augustin, alles is’ hin. The original bronze from 1908 was robbed by the Nazis, its sandstone successor was erected in 1952.

Man sagt, Max Augustin soll in 1679 benebelt in eine Pestgrube hineingefallen sein, um dortseinen Rausch auszuschlafen. Nachdem sein bronzenes Denkmal aus 1905 von den Nazisgeraubt worden war, stand auf dem übergebliebenen Sockel zu lesen: Der schwarzen Pest bin ich entronnen, die braune hat mich mitgenommen.

WIENVIII Josephstadt

Former school house, in which Schubert’s brother Ferdinand lived and worked as teacher (1821-24); Franz himself was a frequent guest.Survived in authentic state, today used as kindergarten.

The ‘inventor of the 12-note music’, Josef Matthias Hauer, lived here from 1918 until his death in 1959; the house was demolished in 1973.

Hugo Wolf lived for some months of 1896 in a room of the house Zum schwarzen Lamm.

This 18^th century palace is full of musical history. The famous singer Vittoria Tesi lived here. So did the young Carl Ditters (later Ditters von Dittersdorf) from his 11^th until 21^st year of age as the adopted son of the prince of Sachsen-Hildburghausen. Mozart appeared here in 1762 and conducted a private performance of his Idomeneo in 1786. Another occupant was Peter Capece di Rofrano, who served to Hofmannsthal and Strauss as the model for Octavian, the Rosenkavalier.

In 1820 Beethoven lived in the house Zur goldenen Birne (demolished) with his foster child Karl, who had become a pupil of the Swiss pedagogue Blochinger at the nearby Josefstädter Straße 139; Beethoven left the house after a few months, Karl stayed until 1824. The house was demolished.

This theatre was built in 1788 and renovated in 1822; on the occasion of the reopening Beethoven composed the cantata Die Weihe des Hauses. In the following years all his symphonies were performed during the directorship of his factotum and first biographer, Anton Schindler. Theatre performances continued under the baton of Suppé and Conradin Kreutzer (FP of his Nachlager von Granada, 1834). Since 1924 the house is devoted to spoken drama.

Haydn conducted in 1796 his Paukenmesse in this baroque church.

Anton Bruckner rounded off his studies with Sechter in 1861 with an examination on the organ ─ commentary of one of the examiners: he should have examined us.This organ by Carl Buckow (1858; 3 man., 36 stops, swell) was admired by Liszt and survives unaltered.

Paul Hindemith conducted his Mass in 1963, six weeks before his death; it was his last public appearance.

Emanuel Schikaneder, the impresario and producer of Die Zauberflöte, died here in 1812.

In the fine Palais Schönborn the museum exhibits Austrian folklore; it has the disposal of a collection of folk instruments, unfortunately largely in depot.

Beethoven’s funeral service took place on 29.III.1827 in this Franciscan church amid great public interest.One year later Schubert’s hymn Glaube, Hoffnung, Liebe was performed during the inauguration of a new church bell.

WIENIX.Alsergrund

Large monument to Antonio Vivaldi, who suddenly died in Vienna during a visit in 1741.

In 1823 Franz Schubert was treated for his venereal disease in the Allgemeines Krankenhaus on these premises. Afterwards the faithful friend of Johannes Brahms, Theodor Billroth, worked here as surgeon and director; he lived at Alserstraße 20 (plaque). The hospital complex was erected in 1784 but today is in use by the university.

Gustav Mahler was taken into the Sanatorium of Dr. Loew on 12.V.1911; six days later he died, surrounded by a sea of flowers.

Hugo Wolf was put away in the Niederösterreichischer Landesirrenanstalt (mental institution) in 1898 and had to stay here until his death in 1903. The pavilion of his stay is not extant.

Beethoven died during a thunderstorm on 26.III.1827 in the apartment of the Schwarzspanierhaus, in which he had lived since October 1925. Hummel with his wife and his pupil Hiller were the last visitors.

In the same house, the philosopher Otto Weininger committed suicide in 1903; soon after, the charged house was demolished. The name of the house derives from the black monks of Monserrat who had lived here in the 17^th and 18^th centuries.

House of the family of Anton Webern from 1902 until 1912.

The Verein für musikalische Privataufführungen (society for private music performances) was established by Schönberg in 1918 and had offices here. Its repertoire consisted of contemporary chamber music or arrangements; the programs were not announced beforehand, critics were not admitted, approval or disapproval forbidden. The society organized 117 concerts all over the town.

In 1788-89 the Mozart family lived in a garden house on this premises (not extant); during the stay their daughter Theresa died. The tragic Adagio and Fugue KV 546 and the last three symphonies were written here.

In this house Bruckner composed his 2^nd through 5^th symphonies, 1868-76.

This theatre was built in 1898. The Kaiserjubiläums-Stadttheater was initially devoted to spoken drama but became in 1903 Volksoper (people’s opera). Conductors included Weingartner and Zemlinsky. Most foreign operas are translated into German. First rank productions.>www.volksoper.at

Franz Schubert was born in 1797 in the kitchen of Zum roten Krebsen, a characteristic Viennese Pawlatschenhaus, that had room for six family homes around a courtyard. Since 1912 museum.

In 1801 the family moved to a larger house with school, Zum schwarzen Rößl. Franz lived here until 1808 and 1813-16; during these years Gretchen am Spinnrade, Erlkönig, three symphonies and the Mass D 105 were written. Today the house is a garage.

In this church Franz Schubert was baptized on 1.II.1797. He appeared here as chorister, violinist and in 1814 as the conductor of his Mass in F-major; his brother Ferdinand played the organ, his beloved Therese Grob sang the soprano solo. The organ keyboard from that era is exhibited (tower entrance).

In the same church Johann Strauß sr. married Anna Strain in 1825, a few months before the birth of the ‘waltz king’.

The predecessor of the present school became the next house of Schubert’s parents in 1818. Schubert worked as teacher until 1823, his parents lived here until 1830 and Franz sometimes returned home for a short time. Inside there are pictures of the school as it was in Schubert’s time.

Schubertbrunnen, fountain in honour of the greatest son of the district.

Arnold and Mathilde Schönberg lived here in the years 1903-11, Alexander Zemlinsky and the painter Richard Gerstl lived in other apartments of the building. Alexander was the former teacher of Arnold and the brother of Mathilde; Richard was a friend of Arnold and had a liaison with Mathilde; after the discovery of this liaison in 1908 (in Traunkirchen)Richard committed suicide. Food for a tragic novel.