Leipzig and Sachsen-Anhalt 

Important centre of education, publishing and instrument making. The present musical topography of the town reveals the rich musical history well, although inevitably many traces are wiped away.
Musical life since the Middle Ages under supervision of church, city and university - no court; later on private enterprise prevailed - Opera performances since 1692, new theatres 1766 and 1868 with numerous FPs (Hiller, Marschner, Lortzing, Křenek, Weill) and the first compete Ring after Bayreuth.
 Mozart visited the town 8-17.V.1789, studying Bach MSs and appearing in the Gewandhaus, a concert hall built in a cloth hall - from 1835 Mendelssohn conducted the Gewandhaus orchestra and made it famous -  new building 1884-1944, conductors: Reinecke, Nikisch, Furtwängler, Walter a.o. - Mendelssohn also established the music academy, the leading institute in the 19th century; pupils included foreigners as Gade, Grieg, Svendsen, Delius, Sullivan, Janáček.

Leading centre of church music; Kantors were Calvisius, Schein, Schelle, Kuhnau, Bach (grave, window), J. Adam Hiller (plaque outside) - Baptismal church of Wagner - famous choir Thomaner - concerts - Mendelssohn window.  -   In front of the church: Bach monument (Seffner, 1908) with an image of the Thomasschule, centre of music education and Bach's house, demolished in 1902; plaque on the present parsonage.

house of the Bose family, friends of Bach - Sommersaal in which he appeared - Bach museum, research institute, library, archive

First Bach monument (1843), erected on instigation of Mendelssohn, unveiled in presence of Bach's grandson Wilhelm [84] - Mendelssohn monument at nr 11 - Musikhochschule building at nr 21.

in the inn 'Kaffeebaum', the meetings of Schumann's Davidsbündler took place 1833-44 - restored, Schumann corner

Albert Lortzing lived here 1833-46 - he worked at the opera, at last as conductor, and wrote and presented his most popular operas during his Leipzig years

Unfinished Wagner monument by Max Klinger, a piedestal from 1913, formerly located at the 'Klingerhain'. It was completed with a statue and placed here in 2013.

at the Brühl were the concert room of Zu den drey Schwanen and the birthplace of Wagner (plaque at store) - Janáček relief (study 1879-80) removed in 1995; permanently? 

plaque for the destroyed Zimmermannsches Kaffeehaus, where Bach often appeared with the Collegium Musicum of students, amateurs and professionals

Fantastic Beethoven sculpture in stone, bronze and ivory by Max Klinger, finished in 1902, and other works by this music-minded artist

Former townhall; from tower and balconies sounded the city wind players (Pezel, Reiche) - today museum: local music history, Bach portrait, Woyzeck showcase (Wozzeck) - Blüthner shop

Bach appeared also in this church, a.o. FP Johannispassion - interior and organ from his days disappeared

Wagner studied in the Nikolaischule from 1828 until 1830

opera theatre with 1682 seats, built in 1966 after destruction of its famous predecessor in 1943 - Wagner bust at the Schwanenteich behind the opera

since 1981 the Gewandhausorchester plays in a striking modern building by R. Skoda c.s. ('third Gewandhaus') - New Mendelssohn statue (Jastram 1993, formerly outside) in entrance foyer

Schumann monument (1872) south of the Moritzbastei

last house of Mendelssohn, 1845-†1847 - museum in his appartment - the building is also used by the university and as Pied-à-terre of the Gewandhaus conductor

branch of music publishers Breitkopf & Härtel - see www.breitkopf.com/history

former headquarters of music publishers C.F. Peters - see www.edition-peters.com - Edvard Grieg stayed here often; today Grieg museum

graves of Wagner's mother and his sister Rosalie - the oldest part, with Bach's first grave, made room for the Grassi museum.

 'Grassimuseum', great collection of 4000 instruments; belonging to the university - a major part stems from the Heyer collection in Cologne - see > www.mfm.uni-leipzig.de

birthplace of Hanns Eisler, °1898; after three years the family moved to Vienna - original plaque ('Wegbereiter unserer sozialistischen Musikkultur') removed

first house of Robert and Clara Schumann, 1840-44 - composition of songs, two symphonies and the best chamber works - museum

marriage of Robert and Clara Schumann on 12.IX.1840, without the agreement of father Wieck - plain service without choir

House of Gustav Mahler, Jan.1887-July 1888 - Mahler conducted in the opera since 1886 - composition of First Symphony and arrangement of Weber's Drei Pinto's

18th c.  mansion - former seat of the Bach archive (now > 10102) - weekly concerts

former varieté theatre Haus Dreilinden, 1946-66 temporary opera theatre, today operetta and musical

Wagner monument from Nazi era (E. Hipp, 1934) recollected and reconstructed in 2013 - Still here?

the only Schubert monument in Germany (1928) - in Leipzig FP of the great C major symphony, revealed by Schumann and performed by Mendelssohn in 1839

established in 1843 by Mendelssohn and then the leading institute of Germany; numerous pupils, also from abroad - original building not extant - concerts - see www.hmt-leipzig.de

location of the second Gewandhaus 1884-1944 - Mendelssohn monument removed by the Nazis in 1937, restored and moved to Dittrichring

this library includes all the books, sheet music and recordings produced in Germany (counterpart in Frankfurt/Main)

graves of the Gewandhaus conductors Carl Reinecke, Arthur Nikisch, Franz Konwitschny - the grave of the composer Sigfrid Karg-Elert is lost

location of the FP of Bach's Bauernkantate BWV 212 in 1742

piano making firm, established in 1853 and until 1998 in Leipzig  - for interesting history see www.bluethner.de  -  also Irmler pianos at this address

Organ by Zacharias Hildebrandt, 1722, I/p/16. Examined and played by Bach (the only one that survived); cantata BWV 194 for its inauguration. Since 2000 a 'Bach Forest' springs up near the lake.

Location of the FP of Bach's cantate BWV 30a Angenehmes Wiederau in 1733 - the building from 1705 has been restored

birthplace of Friedrich Nietzsche, °1844; grave near the church  - he played a rôle in Wagner's life, inspired other composers and composed himself

Bach's second wife, Anna Magdalena Wilcke, was born in 1701 on this location

Georg Christian Schemelli and J.Ludwig Krebs worked here in the 18th century - museum

Birthplace of Reinhard Keiser, °1674 (rebuilt).  Exhibition moved to the Heimatmuseum, Straße des Friedens 30.

Monument (plaque on rock) of the composer J. David Heinichen, born here in 1683; he lived and worked in Dresden, died in 1729.

The young Schütz lived in his father's inn Goldener Ring, 1590-98 - the building was demolished, but the original entrance survived

Schütz's family kept the inn Zum güldenen Sackpfeifen [golden backpipe] from 1615 - demolished, original relief put in present façade.

House of Heinrich Schütz, bought in 1651, his permanent residence from 1657 - Restored, Schütz museum; two autographs, found here; display of instruments.

FP of Bach's Jagdkantate BWV 208 in 1713 - he visited the town also in 1729 and 1739

J.Philipp Krieger worked here, 1680-1725; he advised the young Händel in 1693 to become a musician. Chapel with organ by Christian Förner, 1693, now a concert hall.

House of the Austrian writer and musician Johannes Beer, †1700 - he wrote his Musicalische Discursen under the name Ursus

Museum of the organ makers Ladegast - also Ladegast organ from 1879.

house of the young Nietzsche from 1850

Organ by Thayßner 1695 / Hildebrandt 1746, 3 manuals, 52 stops - examined by Bach and Silbermann - Bach's pupil and son-in-law Altnikol was organist 1748-59

In 1746 Bach and Silbermann stayed five days in the inn 'im grünen Schild' - there are two potential addresses: Jacobstraße (not extant) and Steinweg 

House and grave of the artist Max Klinger, whose art is steeped in music: a.o. monuments of Beethoven and Wagner (> Leipzig) and 41 drawings Brahmsphantasie

Former Ulrich bell foundry, functioning from 1790 until 1911, kept in original state

Organ by Thayßner, 1693-1703 (front and some stops) and Friedrich Ladegast, 1855; 4 manuals, 80 stops - inaugurated by Liszt with his Phantasie über B-A-C-H

Theatre erected in 1802 on Goethe's instigation - Wagner worked here in 1834 as conductor, his first job as Kapellmeister

House of Wagner in 1834 - engagement with the actress Minna Planer, resulting in an unhappy marriage

Bach applied in vain as organist in 1702; in 1736 his son J.Gottfried Bernard [47] became the job, but sticked it out for only one year - organ  front by Hildebrandt, 1728.

one of the two houses of the Klemm family, friends of Bach - his son J. Gottfried Bernard [47] lived here 1736-37

one of the two houses of the Klemm family, friends of Bach - his son J. Gottfried Bernard [47] lived here 1736-37

In this church Händel's teacher Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, Bach's son Wilhelm Friedemann, Daniel Gottlob Türk and for a short time in 1813 Carl Loewe were active.  -  Main organ by Christoph Cuncius from 1716, examined by Bach, Kuhnau and Rolle; front extant, interior by Schuke, 1984, 56 stops - Positive organ by Georg Reichel, 1664, 6 stops, in authentic state >

birthplace of Georg Friedrich Händel, °1685, living here until 1703. Collection of instruments - Händel Gesellschaft - concerts - exhibition on other composers, active in Sachsen-Anhalt

monument of Händel by H. Heidel, 1859.

Court church - Samuel Scheidt worked here, 1609-25 and 1638-†1654; after him Händel's teacher Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, 1684-1712, and W.F. Bach [45], 1746-64. Their organ doesn't exist anymore.

extensive museum in honour of The Beatles, who appeared in Halle in 1966 - see www.beatlesmuseum.net

house of Wilhelm Friedemann Bach until 1770 - memorial rooms

Daniel Gottlob Türk and Robert Franz worked in this gothic church, in 1976 converted into a concert hall

erected in 1951 as Theater des Friedens - opera, ballet. Since 1952 Händel festival (yearly in June). At the side monument of the song composer Robert Franz (°1815 in Halle)

Grave of Samuel Scheidt, †1654

wedding church of Händel's parents (1783) - organ by Christoph Cuncius, 2 manuals, 22 stops (nice front, rest affected) - On the churchyard grave of J.Fr. Reichardt, †1814

monument of J. Friedrich Reichardt on the premises of his (destroyed) house, in his time a lively meeting place of musicians and intelligentia.

birthplace of Carl Loewe, °1796 (rebuilt) with Loewe exhibition, seat of the Carl-Loewe-Gesellschaft, archive -  Also a collection of playback equipment  - chamber music room,

Loewe monument (1888)

Built in 1952-4  by and for the workers of the chemical factory - Bitterfelder Konferenz (1959), during which 'socialistic realism' was acclaimed as base of DDR culture 

Bach worked here (1717-23), his patron being the music loving prince Leopold. Most of his instrumental music was  composed here - Concerts in the (strongly altered) chapel and throne room. - Exhibition about Bach's Köthen years and about Carl Friedrich Abel, born here in 1725 (later the associate of J.Christian Bach in London).

baroque church, lutheran - the parish church of the Bachs, who held their own seats

main church, reformed - organ by Ladegast, 1872, III/p/47. - Grave of prince Leopold (Bach: Funeral cantata BWV 244a)

Bach monument (Pohlmann, 1855)

Bach's house from 1719 to '23 - his first house, Schalaunische Straße 44 (1717-19), has been demolished

Until 1938 municipal graveyard. Grave of Maria Barbara Bach, †1720 during Bach's absence (stay in the Czech spa of Karlsbad in his patron's retinue) - gravestone lost; plaque

graves of Wilhelm Müller (†1827, poet of Die schöne Müllerin and Winterreise) and of Friedrich Wilhelm Rust (†1796), the first important Kapellmeister of Dessau

monuments of the poet Wilhelm Müller and the composer Friedrich Schneider; the latter played a decisive rôle in the local musical life as conductor and manager, 1821-†1853

Theatre built in 1938; its stage machinery was one of the most prestigious in the world. -  Predecessors: 1798-1855 (antique hemisphere) and 1856-1921 (Wagner tradition)

1902-03 the family Weill lived in this house - Kurt Weill's birthplace (1900) was demolished in the 1960s, the later family house next to the synagogue was destroyed by the Nazis

Weill plaque on the former jewish school

connected monuments of Brecht and Weill (1998) where Brecht-street and Weill-street meet

Kurt Weill centre in one of the Meiserhäuser of the Bauhaus teachers (this one was Lyonel Feininger's) - exhibition, archive

Famous building by Gropius - The Bauhaus movement in the 1920s also influenced the contemporary music. In the Aulaexperimental theatrical and musical performances

grave of August Klughardt, †1902, who worked from 1882 until his death in Dessau - reasonable composer (wind quintet op. 79 frequently performed)

J.Friedrich Fasch worked at the court of Zerbst, 1722-58 - his son Carl Friedrich Christian and C. Ph. Emanuel Bach stayed here in 1756 - Fasch's house didn't survive

built in 1827 as court theatre, since 1882 municipal theatre and concert hall

nice theatre, built in 1788  -  in 1846 Lortzing appeared with Undine, in 1852 Liszt led a music festival

curious organ front by F. von Quast, 1867: two identical cases in neo-Byzantine style of which one is empty - in the other one today an organ by Schuster, 1981

Open-air theatre, erected in 1903 with nationalistic purposes; all genres - romantic setting (Walpurgishalle, Hexentanzplatz)

the organist and music theorist Andreas Werckmeister was born here in 1645 - his treatise Musicalische Temperatur (1686/7) deals with baroque tunings

Music academy and research institute for historical performance practice since 1968 - concerts, workshops; collection of instruments - see www.kloster-michaelstein.de

organ front by David Beck, c. 1590, from St. Martin's in Halberstadt moved this way in 1770 - interior by Ladegast, 1888

 'John Cage Organ Project' - Cage's organ composition As Slow As Possible (1985-7) will be performed here from 2001 until 2640 (!) - see www.john-cage.halberstadt.de

organ front by Heinrich Herbst, 1718 - interior by Eule, 1965/85

organ front by David Beck, 1596, in 1770 moved here from Gröningen. In its time the most famous German organ, praised by Praetorius a.o. - reconstruction of interior is planned

organ front by Papenius/Hildebrand, 1667 - interior by Eule, 1983

Agricola (16th c.), Rolle (c. 1700) and Telemann were active here, also Wagner 1834-36 (FP Das Liebesverbot). Severe war and after-war damages.

Telemann's birth location (°1681) is marked by a plaque

bell from the (demolished) baptismal church of Telemann with his father's name engraved

Former monastery church of St. Mary's, since 1970s concert hall 'Georg Philipp Telemann'  -  aside (Große Klosterstraße) monument 'Telemann and the four temperaments'.

 'Zentrum für Telemann-Pflege und -Forschung' - Telemann society - archive - prepares 'Telemann-Festtage' (March)

built in 1907 as operetta theatre, rebuilt 1997 - music theatre and 'Magdeburgische Philharmonie'

Organ by Hans Scherer jr., 1624, III/p/34. Only a part of pipework and actions is original; the lost parts were reconstructed in 1994.

Organ and Rückpositiv by Hans Scherer sr., 1580, III/p/38.  Some parts are of earlier date; the pedal towers, actions and many stops are younger - restoration planned

 Adam Ileborgh lived in Stendal. He was the creator of a famous manuscript of keyboard music from mid 15^th century  (now in the Curtis Institute, Philadelphia USA).