Germany: Northern Federated States

Engelbert Humperdinck died here in 1921 - today hotel

built in 1954 in the style of its predecessor from 1775 

opened in 1915 - cooperation with Stralsund and Putbus - concerts in Kaisersaal

organ by Fr. Stellwagen, 1659, 3 manuals, 51 stops - front 20 m. high; trumpet playing angels - one of Germany's finest organs - concerts

theatre built in 1914 - cooperation with Greifswald and Putbus

nice building from 1821 - yearly Putbus-Festival (June) - the whole city was built in the 19th c. for 'prince' Wilhelm Malte; nice townscape

concerts, Putbus-Festival (> 11.1)

Brahms worked on his First Symphony in 1876 during a long summer stay in Saßnitz - his hotel Fahrnberg was demolished, later plaque on its location removed

organ by Chr. Erdmann Kindt, 1790, 2 manuals, 21 stops (of which 17 original) - concerts during summer

here Friedrich von Flotow was born in 1812. In later years he lived in the 'Moorvilla' (demolished)

organ by Paul Schmidt, 1783, 1 manual, 15 stops - restored in 1993 - with 'Wippfederauslaßtremulant' - tuned in high 'Chorton'

Daniel Friderici, 1618-38  -  impressive organ front by Paul Schmidt, 1770; modern interior (Sauer 1938)

library on the rich musical history of Rostock - famous MS Rostocker Liederbuch (15th c.)

establised in 1994 (predecessor 1947-50 directed by Wagner-Régeny, afterwards conservatory)

theatre since last war - FP Johanna Balk by Rudolf Wagner-Régeny - previous theatres from 1786 and 1895

spa since beginning 19th c. - appearances by great musicians (Righini, Schuppanzigh) - Mendelssohn 1814 (Ouvertüre für Harmoniemusik) - concerts

organ by Herbst and Gercke, 1683, 3 manuals, 36 stops - magnificent front: all painted, gold foil on pipes, pedal towers with curtains

castle from 16th c. - large barn used as concert hall (1994, inaugurated by Y. Menuhin) - Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival

1558-88. Opulent musical life in the 17th c. (Vierdanck, Brade a.o.) - concerts -  'Theaterzettelsammlung': 12.000 historical theatre posters as from 1669 in library, Franz-Barr-Platz 7

theatre built in 1828, one of Germany's oldest - debut of Flotow in 1831 and of Leon Jessel in 1900 

anonymous organ front, c. 1600, on partition wall

ducal palace (16th and 19th c.) - concerts in former throne room

Mendelssohn conducted Paulusin 1840 - organ by Friedrich Ladegast, 1871, 4 manuals, 84 stops

house of Friedrich von Flotow, 1855-63 intendant of the court opera  -  recently restored

music department: Mecklenburg music history, MSs by Rosetti and Flotow

open in 1886 after predecessors from 1788 and 1831 - FP Der Pfeifertag by Schillings, 1899

former seat from 1905 of piano factory of Julius and Albert Perzina, est. 1871, with concert room - 1984-2013 municipal library. 

ducal residence 1758-1837;  two times weekly 'Concerts spirituels' were famous (tradition continued during summer in Stadtkirche)  -  also today concerts in Goldener Saal

house of the Czech composer Antonio Rosetti (= Franz Anton Rösler), working here 1789-†1792 as Hofkapellmeister - exhibition

grave of Rosetti removed - grave of singer Sarah Stanton, wife of Rosetti's successor Eligio Celestino (praised by Burney)

Until 1937 'Freie Hansestadt', ever since part of Schleswig-Holstein. In the first place (apart from Thomas Mann...) a town of organs and organists. During the bombing on Palm Sunday 1942, a great deal of the beautiful inner city was destroyed, incl. priceless organs: Schnitger 1699, Domkirche;  J.G. Burckert 1591, St. Petri;   Hering/Stellwagen 1518/1641 and the famous Totentanzorgel  from 1477, both in St.  Marien.   Fortunately the organs of St. Jacobi had timely been dismantled and safely stored; the Aegidienkirche wasn't struck

two remarkable organs, 1: by P. Lasuur (1504), Hans Köster (1572), J. Richborn (1673); rest. 1984, IV/62 - 2: front 1515, interior work by F. Stellwagen, 1637; rest. 1978, III/31 - a'=490 Hz

Hugo Distler was organist at St. Jacobi, 1931-37; plaque on 'Pastorenhaus', his own house on nr. 5 - composition of Totentanz (1934), inspired by the painting by Bernd Notke in St. Marien

 'Abendmusiken' led by Franz Tunder (1641-67) and Buxtehude (until †1707) - visits by Händel and Mattheson (1703) and Bach (1705, plaque) - Grave of Buxtehude - new organs by Kemper and Führer

neogothic rebuilding of the 'Werkhaus' of St. Marien, were Tunder and Buxtehude lived

splendid organ front by Hans Scherer d.J., 1625, with interior work from 1648 (Stellwagen) and 1706, rebuilt in 1981: 3 manuals, 41 stops

collection of instruments - original organ keyboard by Schnitger (1699, Dom) - several objects from the Marienkirche, used during the opulent 'Abendmusiken'

Brahms monument

Brahmsinstitut' of the music academy, with 'collection Hofmann' of Brahms autographs (op. 26), documents, letters etc., and material concerning Schumann, Joachim, Th. Kirchner 

main building of the music academy with concert hall

built in 1994  -  concerts by the Lübeck philharmonic orchestra - > www.theaterluebeck.de

built in 1908 in art nouveau stile, contrasting with the architecture of the town - > www.theaterluebeck.de

two organs by Rieger: 1972 (II/9) and 1978 (IV/60) - humorous stop names, such as Peter-Panflöte, Guillermos Quitessenz and a surprise: the stop Rauschwerk opens a mini-bar

Dieterich Buxtehude probably was born here in 1637 - his father worked at that time in Oldesloe, then under Danish rule 

collection of harmonicas, accordions a.o.  (actual stuation not known; discontinued?)

Franz Anton Weber, Carl Maria's father, was court Kapellmeister. In the chapel Carl Maria was baptised; the organ, of which the case has survived, was by Arp Schnitger, 1694 -  The Ostholsteinmuseum in the former Marstall  [court stable] houses a Weber exhibition  -  The Schloßgarten is a beautiful park on the Eutin lake. A tuff stone pavilion from 1794 is since 1877 a Weber memorial hall. Open air theatre for the festival 'Eutiner Sommerfestspiele'

birthplace of Carl Maria (von) Weber, °1786 in this 'Spechtsche Haus an der Lübschen Straße' - today a bakery shop; one sells 'Weber-Hütchen', a counterpart of the 'Mozart-Kugeln'

Weber monument with bust and Freischütz reliefs (Peterich, 1890)

FP of Plöner Musiktag, 20.VI.1932: Hindemith had composed a series of pieces for different ensembles and conducted the performances by pupils of the then gymnasium; unique event!

organ: nucleus from 1573, Rückpositiv and pedal towers by Ahasverus Schütze, 1685; restored by Marcussen, 1999; 2 manuals, 25 stops

concert hall and library (Landesbibliothek) with materials on musical culture in S-H

here the house stood, in which Carl Loewe lived from 1866 until 1868

bronze bust of Carl Loewe (1898)

Grave of Carl Loewe, since 1957 in the 'Pommernkapelle';  his heart, according to his wish, was transferred to the Jacobi church in Stettin (Szczecin, PL), his main working place.

original tombstone of Carl Loewe; he was buried on the St. Jürgen cemetery and later transferred to Eichhof - in 1957 tranferred to the Nikolai church

built in 1907, rebuilt after war damage - FP The Magic Fountain (1893) by Delius in 1997

Christian-Albrecht-Universität, dep. of musicology - Fred Prieberg archive (esp. music in the Third Reich and Eastern Europe) - work at Brahms Gesamtausgabe (critical edition)

built in 1894 - belongs since 1974 to the 'Schleswig-Holsteinische Landestheater und Sinfonieorchester'

beautiful organ front by Nikolaus Maaß and Heinrich Ringering, 1604

built in 1901 - belongs since 1974 to the 'Schleswig-Holsteinische Landestheater und Sinfonieorchester'

William Brade 1606-25 with interruptions, Franz Tunder 1633-41 - visits by Schütz - historic music room 'Hirschsaal' - organ: nucleus 1567, extended by Joh. Hecklauer 1625, 19 stops

organ front from 1701/1731, instrument by Marcussen, 1963, 3 manuals, 51 stops

built in 1892 - belongs since 1974 to the 'Schleswig-Holsteinische Landestheater und Sinfonieorchester'

Nicolaus Bruhns was born here in 1665 (plaque) - organ front from beginning 17th c.; interior work from 20th c.  -  Bruhns worked in nearby Husum, 1689-†1697; no traces left there

Bruhns worked and died in Husum in 1697, his grave is not known. There used to be a rather chaotic Bruhns museum and -society at the end of the 20^th century which didn't survive.

organ by Arp Schnitger, 1711, 2 manuals, 24 stops - restaurated in 1987

oldest organ front of Northern Europe, anon. 1512 - Rückpositiv added c. 1700

organ, originally by Antonius Wilde, 1593 - alterations in 1788 (front) and reconstruction 1978; 3 manuals, 33 stops - played by Heinrich Scheidemann, born in Wöhrden c. 1596

birthplace of Brahms' father - exhibition 'Brahms and Northern Germany' - concerts - seat of the Brahms Gesellschaft Schleswig-Holstein > www.brahms-sh.de

Freie Hansestadt Hamburg'. Since the 16^th century the musical life was supervised by the municipal music director and Kantor of the four (later five) main churches; he was also responsible for the musical education at the Joanneum (cf. > d13.38) - most prominent Kantor in the 17^th c. was Thomas Selle; organists include Matthias Weckmann, Heinrich Scheidemann and  J.Adam Reinken (Jacobikirche, Katharinenkirche).
Bach visited the town in 1702 (meeting with Reinken) and in 1720, in vain applying for the post of Jacobi organist. His son C.Ph.Emanuel was more successful in 1767 as the successor of city Kantor Telemann.
From the end of the 17th c. more emphasis on secular music. The first public opera theatre of Germany was opened in 1678 at the Gänsemarkt; 220 different operas were performed within 70 years. In the orchestra, conducted by Reinhard Keiser, Händel played (1702-05)  -  Some composers born in Hamburg: Carl Reinecke (*1824 in Altona) and Berthold Goldschmidt (*1903). The Russian composers Schnittke and Gubaidulina settled in Hamburg in the 1990s.

Grave of Vincent Lübeck. - The church was rebuilt in neogothic style after having been destroyed by fire in 1842 -  today concerts of church music

famous organ by Arp Schnitger, 1693, 4 manuals, 60 stops; saved from destruction - played by Böhm, Händel and Bach (who applied here in vain in 1720)

tombstone of Telemann, †1767, in paving in front of the townhall (former burial ground) - inside: relief portraits on pillars of CPE Bach, Mendelssohn and Brahms

main church of Hamburg - graves of CPE Bach and Mattheson in crypt - plaques of Telemann and CPE Bach (former cantors) and Brahms (baptized here) - daily Fanfare Gottes from tower

here Mendelssohn's birthhouse stood (drawing) - monuments of both Felix and Fanny

Brahms museum in baroque Beyling-Stift;  several saved façades from the town, assembled here after the war and each containing museums of resp. Telemann, Hasse, CPE Bach, Mendelssohn, Mahler

the town museum pays much attention to the local music history, especially the baroque era - collection of 400 instruments

the birthplace of Brahms (°1833 at Specksgasse 24) was destroyed in 1944 - monument (1958) on the location, with image of the house and replica of the original plaque

built 1908 - main concert hall until completion of Elbphilharmonie - four (!) Brahms monuments: two outside, one inside (Max Klinger 1909) and a relief on the outer wall.

building originally from 1827, thoroughly altered in 1873 (Bülow, Mahler; FP Korngold's Die tote Stadt) and in 1955 (intendant Rolf Liebermann) - 1675 seats. In 2022 in reconstruction (photos)

New spectacular concert hall, opened in 2017 > www.elbphilharmonie.de

musicological department of the university - famous precursor: Friedrich Chrysander, 19^th c. - actual institute since 1949

fine collection of instruments, put together in 1891 on instigation of Bülow, Brahms an Chrysander - in courtyard: façade of demolished hotel Kaiserhof, concerts during the 18th-19th c.

rich collection of music from the 18th and 19th c. - Beethoven's Heiligenstädter Testament - important centre of theatre research incorporated

the only extant of the three successive Hamburg houses of Gustav Mahler; he lived here 1892-93

state music academy since 1955

The avant-garde composer György Ligeti (1923-2006) lived here 1973-2002 as teacher of the Hochschule; in fact, he gave all his lessons at home, until 1989. Plaque unveiled by his widow Vera in 2015.

the production of Steinway instruments moved from the Schanzenstraße to a north-western suburb

Graves  of Theodor Kirchner, †1903, and of the parents and the brother Fritz of Johannes Brahms.

House of the organists of the Petri & Pauli church and birthplace of Joh. Adolf Hasse, *1699 - The tower was added in the 19^th century.

Brahms lived here in 1863, composing his dramatic cantate Rinaldo (and never again more approaching the dreaded genre of opera…)

house with original interior of the poet Richard Dehmel (†1920), whose Verklärte Nacht inspired Schönberg and whose poems were set on music by several contemporary composers

house of Arp Schnitger from 1705 until his death in 1719 - façade rebuilt in the 19th c.

grave of Arp Schnitger, †1719 - organ by Schnitger, 1688, 2 manuals, 34 stops (of which 19 original) - Kirchenstuhl (private loge of the Schnitger family)