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The Musikverein in Vienna, Austria was opened on January 6, 1870, and is famous for its acoustics. It is considered to be one of the three finest concert halls in the world, along with Boston's Symphony Hall and Amsterdam's Concertgebouw, and is home to the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. Image File history File links Please see the file description page for further information. ...
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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. ...
January 6 is the 6th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
1870 (MDCCCLXX) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ...
Architectural acoustics is the science of controlling quality of sound in buildings. ...
A Concert hall is a cultural building, which serves as performance venue, chiefly for classical instrumental music. ...
Symphony Hall in Boston, Massachusetts is widely considered to be one of the two or three finest concert halls in the world, alongside Amsterdams Concertgebouw and Viennas Grosser Musikvereinssaal. ...
concertgebouw The Concertgebouw is a concert hall in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. ...
The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (in German: Wiener Philharmoniker) is the principal orchestra in Austria and one of the finest in the world. ...
 The Musikverein at night, January 2005 The concert hall was built by the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde (Society of Friends of Music) which had been given the land by Emperor Franz Joseph. The building soon came to be known simply as the Musikverein ("music club"). Image File history File links The Musikverein, Vienna, Austria in January 2005. ...
Image File history File links The Musikverein, Vienna, Austria in January 2005. ...
The Society for the Friends of Music was founded in 1812 by Joseph von Sonnleithner, the Secretary for Court Theatre in Vienna. ...
Franz Joseph I. Francis Joseph I (in German Franz Josef I. (August 18, 1830 – November 21, 1916) of the Habsburg Dynasty was Emperor of Austria and King of Bohemia from 1848 until 1916, and Apostolic King of Hungary from 1867 until 1916. ...
The building is forty-eight metres long, nineteen metres wide, and eighteen metres high. It has 1,744 seats, and standing room for 300. Every year on January 1 the Vienna New Year's Concert is held here. January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ...
The New Year Concert (in German: Das Neujahrskonzert der Wiener Philharmoniker) of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra is a concert that takes place each year in the morning of January 1 in Vienna, Austria. ...
Since 2001 the building has been undergoing renovation, and several new rehearsal and concert halls have been installed. 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...
See also A Concert hall is a cultural building, which serves as performance venue, chiefly for classical instrumental music. ...
External links - Musikverein website
- Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra website
- Tickets for Concerts in Musikverein
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