Vienna: City of Music - 3 hour private tour
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Listen to highlights of Vienna’s musical masterpieces on headphones along with expert commentary from your music historian guide on a walking tour that helps you discover the world’s most famous composers: Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven among others. This 3-hour Vienna music tour takes you by the major sites where these legends lived and performed. You’ll explore monuments built to honor them in the “City of Music.” As a counterpart, we examine the impact of the Habsburg family’s patronage on Vienna’s development into the world capital of classical music. Visit Stephansdom, performance venue for Haydn and Mozart, Salieri and Vivaldi. Stroll by Mozarthaus where Mozart wrote many of his famous operas and instrumentals. Pass by Beethoven’s monument and explore his erratic life, living in sixty apartments in Vienna. Pass by the palace where Archduke Rudolph took piano lessons with Beethoven. Consider the musical dominance of Vienna at the legendary State Opera House and Musikverein.
Itinerary Details
Operated by: Insight Cities
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Visit Stephansdom, discovering how this Vienna's iconic cathredral served as an important performance venue in previous centuries for Haydn and Mozart, Salieri and Vivaldi.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Mozarthaus Vienna
Stroll by Figaro House (or Mozarthaus) where Mozart resided from 1784 to 1787, writing many of his most famous operas and instrumental pieces.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Beethoven Statue
Pass by Beethoven’s monument and explore his erratic life, living in sixty different apartments throughout Vienna.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Wiener Staatsoper
Consider the continued musical dominance of Vienna today outside the legendary State Opera House, one of the great contemporary opera stages and the Musikverein concert hall, home to world-famous Vienna Philharmonic.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Molker Bastei
Pass by of Beethoven’s many flats, to the Pasqualati-House at the Mölker-Bastei, which is located directly opposite of the University of Vienna. Beethoven had a restless life in Vienna, changing residence almost sixty times. His music symbolizes the apex of the Classic and heralded many important developments of the Romantic era
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: The Hofburg
Though Beethoven's relationship with the high aristocracy was often strained, he called Archduke Rudolph, the youngest son of Emperor Leopold II, one of his best friends. The circuit of the walk is completed at the residence where Rudolph took piano lessons with Beethoven, one of his most profound supporters and patrons. Among other compositions, Beethoven dedicated his Missa Solemnis to Archduke Rudolph, a piece that represents the profound interaction between the Habsburg family and the most important musicians in Vienna during the 18th and 19th centuries.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Inner City
Throughout this 3-hour Vienna Music tour, we pause to listen to selections of Vienna’s musical masterpieces on headphones while exploring the major sites.
Duration: 45 minutes
