Vienna for the Music Lover

Vienna for the Music Lover is a comprehensive guide to the city's musical sites for both visitors and residents. Learn about the magnificent performing institutions from their beginnings to their spectacular performances today: Vienna State Opera, Volksoper, Vienna Philharmonic, Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Vienna Boys Choir and many others. Read about the homes and neighborhoods of Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Strauß, Brahms, Mahler, Schönberg and many more great composers, and then use the detailed maps to visit them yourself. Everything of importance to classical music in Vienna is included: from Johann Strauß's birthplace to the graves of the masters, from the local church where Schubert was a choir boy to the little chapel where Mozart's last rites were given, from the streets where Beethoven realized he was deaf to the magnificent concert halls where the best performances are heard today. Vienna for the Music Lover will unveil the musical majesty of the most musical city in the world.