Continuing the music theme, we visited the Haus der Musik - The Music House Museum. Located near Mozart's living quarters and nestled between St. Stephen's Cathedral and the Vienna State Opera house, this structure was the historic palace of Archduke Charles. Later on, it became the home of Otto Nicholas, founder and first conductor of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (1810-1849) and composer of "The Merry Wives of Windsor". This six floor interactive museum is "...dedicated to the understanding and enthusiasm in approaching music." The first floor presents history and original documents of the Philharmonic Orchestra. The rest of the museum presents backgrounds for the great composers as well as multimedia and interactive productions.
Dancing Master's Violin...a reproduction of a Stradiveri.
This is considered to be the only accurate picture of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Pictured with him are his sister and father and a painting of his mother, all accomplished musicians on their own.
Composer-conductor Leonard Bernstein donated his performance tuxedo to the museum.
Model of scenery from the "Magic Flute".
Photograph of Strauss with Brahms.
"Queen of the Night" puppet from "The Magic Flute", which premiered in 1791.
Otto Nicolai founder and first conductor of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra.
Joseph Haydn was the inventor of the string quartet.
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