The Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde (in English: Society for the Friends of Music) was founded in 1812 by Joseph von Sonnleithner, the Secretary for Court Theatre in Vienna. Its official charter, drafted in 1814, states that the purpose of the Society was to promote music in all its facets. In 1869, the Jewish Russian composer Anton Rubinstein was appointed as director of the concerts. His tenure was short-lived. His successor was Johannes Brahms. The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... For the overture by Tchaikovsky, see 1812 Overture; For the wars, see War of 1812 (USA - United Kingdom) or Patriotic War of 1812 (France - Russia) For the Siberia Airlines plane crashed over the Black Sea on October 4, 2001, see Siberia Airlines Flight 1812 1812 was a leap year starting... Inhabitants according to official census figures: 1800 to 2005 Vienna in 1858 Vienna (German: Wien ) is the capital of Austria, and also one of the nine States of Austria. ... Rubinsteins portrait by Ilya Repin. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...
Of note to the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde is its founding of Vienna's Conservatory and first public concert hall. In 1870, they built the famous Musikverein in Vienna. Musikverein, 2004 The Musikverein in Vienna, Austria was opened on January 6, 1870, and is famous for its acoustics. ...
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Hoping to have the Gesellschaft underwrite the premieres of his Ninth Symphony and Missa solemnis, Beethoven noted the Society's regrets on the grounds that a second performance — proceeds from the first were to go to the composer — was likely to incur a deficit.
In November, he was dead at the age of 31 and the Gesellschaft organized (December 23 in the Augustine Church) another of its incessant memorial tributes.
For the seven years that followed, not only the GesellschaftderMusikfreunde in Wien but all of western civilization were in jeopardy.
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