Bavaria West and North

Wagner stayed here in November 1865 - the Autharizimmer was his sleeping room, in the Hohenstaufenzimmer he played before the king; the square piano still extant

in the famous fairy-tale castle Wagner never stayed, but wall paintings by Ferdinand Piloty all over the place refer to his works -  > www.neuschwanstein.de

exhibition about local violin making - 60 instruments by Simpert Niggel, Anton Gedler a.o. - workshop

fresco devoted to violin makers at nr. 2 - at nr. 11 Simpert Niggel lived - other violin makers lived at the nrs. 13 and 17

on the place a fountain, devoted to violin makers - at nr. 4 Franz Geissenhof lived

organ by Andreas Jäger, 1770, 1 manual, 8 stops

organ by Andreas Jäger, 1753 - only a part of the pipes is original

organ front by F.X. Schmädl, 1723 - the interior by Balhasar Freiwiss not extant

organ by Quirin Weber (?), 1740s, 2 manuals, 21 stops

organ positive by unknown maker, 1723, with 9 stops in, original condition

The Wieskirche, built 1746-57, is one of the finest rococo churches - the organ by Hörterich (1757) completed this 'Heaven on earth'; only front original

Two famous organs by Karl Riepp from 1764: Dreifaltigkeitsorgel (right), IV/p/49  and  Heilig-Geist-Orgel (left), II/p/27  -  a third organ is from 1952

from the 16th century until 1883, this convent kept the famous MS of 256 organ pieces, called Buxheimer Orgelbuch (1460/70; compositions by Dunstable, Dufay, Paumann a.o.) - now in Munich

organ by Augustin Simmacher, 1731, 2 manuals, 21 stops

organ with two side organs by Jacob David Weidtner, 1688, with sculptures by Lorenz Luidl;  interior renewed by Gerhard Schmidt, 1983, central console with 5 manuals, 79+3 stops - Landsberger Orgelsommer

Roman Augusta Vindelicorum since 15 b.c. - town privileges established in 1156 (first in Germany) - oldest Meistersingerschule (1449), oldest music printing with movable types in Germany (1507)  -  influential bankers Fugger (15th-16th c.)  -  Augsburger Konfessionsfrieden (1555)  -  Mozart's ancestry

Hofhaimer, Hassler organists; Gumpelzhaimer kantor (plaque) - organ by Jan of Dubrav (1512), reconstructed and enlarged by E.Simon in 1978; 3 man., 37 stops.

Composers who were active here include Jacob de Kerle (1560s) and Georg Aichinger (†1628, his grave in the cloisters)

Aichinger worked here - organ front by Eusebius Ammerbach, 1602.

house of the organ- and piano maker J. Andreas Stein - birthplace of Nanette Streicher-Stein - visits by Mozart (1777) and Beethoven (1787)

collection of instruments - magnificent rococo hall sometimes used for concerts

theatre built 1877, restored in 1950s.

open air theatre with 2117 seats - opera and ballet in summer.

Bertold Brecht, indissolubly connected with Weill, Dessau and Eisler, was born here in 1898 - exhibition

Franz Mozart, Wolfgang's great-grandfather, lived in this house within the 'Fuggerei', an early example of social housing.

Leopold Mozart was baptized in this church, built by his great-uncle Hans Jörg in 1702-05.

nr. 2 was a house of Leopold Mozart's parents - on nr. 24 Hans Jörg Mozart lived

birthplace of Leopold Mozart, °1719 - museum since 1937 - seat of the Deutsche Mozart-Gesellschaft

at the gymnasium Leopold Mozart studied  - in this street Wolfgang's 'Bäsle' Anna Maria Thekla was born and lived until 1814 - many visits by Wolfgang...

medieval house that Andris Motzhart, one of Mozart's ancestors, obtained in 1484 - medallion donated by Japanese admirers

appearance by the Mozarts in November 1766 in either the castle or the Goldener Saal of the former University

undicided organ contest between Mozart and the 12 year old 'wunderkind' Bachmann

Mozart 13-24.XII.1778 guest of Reichsprelat Angelsprugger - in his letters he doesn't mention the organ by M. Trötzscher (1678), of which the beautiful front is extant

Mozart visited this place on 26-28.X.1777, in vain hoping to appear in the castle (today not accessible); the miserable inn in which he stayed was demolished in the 1980s

the dukes of Oettingen-Wallerstein supported a famous court orchestra with Bohemian masters such as J.Reicha, Fiala and Rosetti - visited by Beethoven (1787) and Haydn (1790) - museum

the rich stock of court music, including many MSs, is preserved in the court library and archive here

house of organist Anton Lachner and birthplace of the musicians Theodor, Franz, Ignaz und Vinzenz Lachner and their organ playing sisters Thekla and Christina - Schwind's Lachnerrolle exhibited

Werner Egk born here in 1901 as Werner Joseph Mayer - monument in the middle of the village

Carillon, playing  a fragment of Werner Egk's opera Die Zaubergeige

comprehensive exhibition on life and work of Werner Egk

Grave of Werner Egk, †1983

two interesting single manual organs by P. Prescher, 1693, transferred here in 1750 - a: 12 stops with 'repeating' pedal, b: 7 stops with the larger pipes under a grid in the floor

the organ by S. Kaschendorff from 1460 (as known by Paumann) was rebuilt in 1546 by Benedikt Klotz - its front extant; pipework and electric action from 1976

organ by Joh. Nepomuk Holzhay, 1797 - 3 manuals, 47 stops (disposition changed, electric action since 1929) - mutiple front strikingly fit in the architecture of Balthasar Neumann

Erwin Schulhoff was emprisoned here from June 1941 until his death from tuberculosis on 28.VIII.1942

Schulhoff was buried by fellow prisoners in a provisional 'Russian graveyard' (he had a Soviet passport) and his bones got dispersed by hungry foxes, but a monument was erected after the war

here the Minnesänger Tannhäuser (13^th century) is said to have entered on his career

the MinnesängerWolveram or Wolfram, author of Parzifal and composer, died here in 1220 - present village name since 1917

ample documentation and exhibits on music and social life of amateur choirs - before the war established in Nuremberg, reestablished here in 1991

Riccio and Torelli active here  -  Händel visited (1716) his friend and future secretary Joh. Christoph Schmidt, born here in 1683 (no traces found) - festival Bachwoche Ansbach (odd years)

Bach monument Ans-Bach-Säule (Jürgen Goertz 2003)

birthplace of the composer and virtuoso violinist Joh. Georg Pisendel, °1687

showcase in honour of Pisendel in the beautiful local historical museum (former renaissance town hall)

Studio and archive of the piano virtuoso and composer Adolph (von) Henselt (1814-1889)

Great music history, mostly supported by own civilians (no court). Singing tradition from the 16th century Meistersinger to the Sängerfest of 1861, with 284 amateur choirs  -  Both sacred and secular music flourished especially in the baroque era - first German opera Seelewig by Sigmund Theophil Staden (1643) - first clarinet by J.Chr. Denner c. 1700  -  Important composers born in Nuremberg: Conrad Paumann, Leo Hassler, the brethren Krieger, Johann Pachelbel and Hugo Distler – no plaques.

Paumann, Staden and Pachelbel worked here - no tactile reminders of them

grave (nr. 308) of Johann Pachelbel, †1706

grave (nr. 536) of Sigmund Theophil Staden, †1655  (+ Dürer)

monument of Beethoven (1927)

monument of the Meistersinger Hans Sachs, immortalized in operas by Lortzing and Wagner

interesting Hans-Sachs-Brunnen by Jürgen Weber, 1984

1578-1620 Singschule of the Meistersinger - a Merker took care of the just application of the rules as laid down in the Tabulatur

opera theatre built in 1905, only slightly damaged in war

modern concert hall for the Nürnberger Symphoniker

famous collection of c. 2500 musical instruments, mostly European - world largest in historical keyboards - library and archive

new seat of the music academy in the former hospital Sebastiansspital ;cooperating with Augsburg.

museum about the life of cow- and shepherds over the world, especially about their calls, melodies and instruments

fine baroque theatre, built 1715-19, altered 1746 - sporadic opera performances

museum on the making of stringed instruments in the Sudeten area of former Czechoslovakia - counterpart of the museum of wind instruments in Nauheim (> d03)

supposed grave of the Minnesänger Walther von der Vogelweide, † c. 1230

the former Hofglaser Limbischer Saal behind the rococo façade was the centre of the secular musical life around 1800 - burnt out in 1945 - today city library and tourist office

birthplace of Georg Joseph (Abbé) Vogler, °1749 - the town quarter formerly was called Pleich(b)ach

famous baroque residence with frescoes by Tiepolo - Weisser Saal used as opera theatre 1768-78, today as concert hall during yearly Mozart festival

Wagner lived here 1833-34 while working at the theatre - composition of Die Feen

theatre built 1966 - the foregoing theatre from 1804 was destroyed in 1945

music academy since 1973 - concert hall

Institute of music research, houses the collection of instruments of Erlangen University.

former Benedictine abbey - fine organ front by Philipp and Heinrich Stumm, 1782 - original disposition (3 manuals, 46 stops) lost, today 4 manuals, 66 stops and pneumatic action

birthplace of Joseph Martin Kraus, °1756

single manual organ by Joh. Georg Hugo, 1749, 10 stops - well preserved

single manual organ by Joh. Georg Göbel, 1758, 13 stops, 2 missing

single manual organ by Johann Hoffmann, 1723, 9 stops

single manual organ by Ignaz Samuel Will, 1722, 13 stops - fine front

organ by Johann Döring, 1739

museum on the making of organs - complete workshop, some original instruments - most interesting: a Swedish Blockwerk-organ from 1370, one of the oldest in the world

single manual organ by Daniel Felix Streit, 1712, 10 stops,  pedal with valve-chest

Plaque of the 'Schweinfurt line' of the Bach family, incl. Georg Christoph [10, uncle of Sebastian], J.Valentin [21], J.Elias [39] - for genealogy > d09 - Exhibition on the poet Friedrich Rückert (Mahler, Schumann)

birthplace of the poet Friedrich Rückert, °1788  -  Lieder by Schumann and Mahler on his texts

main organ by Philipp Seufert, 1743, 2 manuals; restored and enlarged by Eisenbarth, 1984: 4 manuals, 56 stops - two organs by Chr. Köhler, 1760, resp. 2 manuals, 23 stops and 1 manual, 13 stops

library with medieval MSs, among which a codex with Ars Antiquamotets - important E.T.A. Hoffmann collection

The writer, artist and composer E.T.A. Hoffmann lived here 1809-13. Hoffmann museum will be reopened in 2024. - In 1808-09 he lived at Nonnenbrücke 10.

Hoffmann worked here 1808-13 as conductor, stage director and set designer - outside is a Hoffmann monument

In a studio near the medieval castle E.T.A. Hoffmann stayed during the summer of 1812 and started composing his opera Undine

Birthplace of the composer Karl Höller, °1907

concert hall, 1993 - seat of the Bamberger Symphoniker, made up in 1946 of German musicians, dispelled from Czechoslovakia

Since the 13th century connected with Saxony and Thuringia - from 1826 until 1918 residence of the dukes of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, breeding ground of several royal dynasties - part of Bavaria since 1920.

rich library on the music history of Coburg - J. Strauß jr. and Adèle married here in 1887.

monument of te late renaissance composer Melchior Franck (1579-1639), working here from 1602.

theatre built 1837-40 - opera and concert - appearances by Liszt (1846) and R. Strauss (1918)

centre of the music life in the baroque era  -  first opera Abraham & Isaac by a certain C.A. Negelein, 1684 - now state archive

house of the Lortzing family in 1813 - in a previous theatre the Lortzings, including the 15 years old Albert, worked as actors

birthplace of the composer Felix Draeseke, °1835

the waltz king couldn't marry his second wife Adèle according to Austrian and Catholic matrimonial law, so diverted to Coburg in 1887; he never lived here but he died as 'citizen of Coburg'!

new concert hall - in the Rosengarten park is a Strauß monument (1987)

the poet Friedrich Rückert lived here 1838-†1866; museum, summer house on the Goldberg, grave and monument nearby - addresses are not given.

Not only Wagner!  -  In the 17th century the Nuremberg composers Staden and Krieger were active.  In the 18th century margrave Friedrich and especially his consort Wilhelmine brought the musical life to a peak; Wilhelmine, a sister of Frederick the Great, composed an opera, Agenore  -  from 1769 the cultural life disintegrated until Wagner appeared.

fine rococo theatre, built 1745-48 with a stage by Galli-Bibiena and managed by margravine Wilhelmine - still in use

 Wagner's 60th birthday was celebrated here - in the guestbook many top music people

castle from 1753 with paintings by Wilhelmine - music room with musician portraits

in this old Postmeisterei Mozart's notorious cousin Marianne (Bäsle) lived from 1814 until her death in 1841 with her mother, who married the post director

Monument to the romantic poet Jean Paul, music lover and source of inspiration for Schumann (Papillons) and Mahler (Der Titan = First Symphony)

built according to Wagner's ideas and inaugurated in 1876. All wooden interior, invisible orchestra, marvelous acoustics, 1925 seats. During Festspiele only stage works by Wagner  - in park Wagner and Liszt

Wagner's villa 1874-1883; his descendants lived here until 1945  -  rich museum, Wagner's MS in the treasury  -  in the garden graves of Richard, Cosima and the dog Russ - before the entrance monument of Ludwig II

father-in-law Franz Liszt died here, visiting the Festspieleof 1886; Cosima hushed it up and refused to interrupt the festival…

graves of Liszt, many members of the Wagner family and Jean Paul

former favourite pub of Wagner - walls packed with images on the Festspiele and musicians

Wagner's house 1872-74  -  visit by Bruckner, September 1873 

piano makers since 1852 with concert room - during the Festspiele 'alternative' Wagner performances like Paxiphall & Lohengrün . Today piano shop; factory at Dammwäldchen 4.

Since 1950 annual Jugend-Festspieltreffenduring the Festspiele, today called Festival Junger Künstler. Workshops, performances.

Wagner lived from April until August 1872 in room 2 of the then hotel Fantaisie -  the room still exists

Forschungsinstitut für Musiktheater of Bayreuth University since 1975, here since 1979  -  research about opera, operetta, ballet and musical. Symposia - library