for power and trough it plummeted an entire continent into chaos and violence. this is the journey back into the history of slavery. our documentary series slavery routes starts march 9th on d. w. . music plays a big role in the city music has brought you here today. i'm

in vienna the capital of austria historic old town is a unesco world heritage site. it's highlights include st stephen's cathedral and the imperial palace. i'm in vienna today for a very special reason and 2020 music lovers around the world are celebrating the 250th anniversary of loopy from beatle fans birth. was born and born but spent most of his life in vienna. he lived here for over 3 decades and wrote his masterpieces today i want to see how visible loopy from beethoven still is in vienna what makes the city so attractive to musicians and why was beethoven so restless i mean during his time in year he moved on average once a year as you can see have a lot of questions that need answering one day in vienna following the footsteps of

the great beethoven. off course we will also give you an overview of the sights to see in vienna. and to kill in their respect for which the city is famous. in addition we will show you how big this being honored in his native. one of the top addresses for music lovers in vienna is the sound museum house still musique it's all about the sounds and noises and the exhibition starts in the stairwell. was a clank there but our sound staircase which we call stair play can do more than make music. but i follow you.

come on you play a song you hear you can play one of the vienna philharmonic museum is also located here the famous office truck was founded in v's rooms. and here in the instrument area we look at groups of instruments and for areas of course we show people real instruments and want to visitors to learn something about the groups they belong to. they can beat the big drum to. go. on its own so you hear something now and then give it a try with only. you can feel the sound waves which produce warmth to this is the world's largest animal hide drum by the way. here's a really great interactive installation the waltz dice game was also developed here in the house. the consumers business and create their own waltz melody by rolling

virtual dice that's something you don't see every day. so let's see how well you do play too fast and you grab it like this right and then you roll the die. you'll see or rather hear that the waltz melody is nice. we did that. and entire floor of the south museum is dedicated to the famous composers who work in vienna. now are coming to the floor of the grand masters that is the masters of viennese classical music and here we have holograms of the composers yosef haydn of comedy as mozart beethoven and france to bat. many important composers came to

vienna over the centuries the 2 of them also moved here when he was 22. why was he here in vienna why were so many musicians and composers attracted to vienna. or beethoven composers like haydn and mozart were role models. because after realizing just how great they were you purposely chose to come to vienna. of course much more than just the metropolis for music so it's time for a brief overview of capital. some $1900000.00 people live in vienna and each year the city welcomes around $7500000.00 visitors that makes the austrian capital one of the most popular

destinations in europe. to experience what vienna has to offer just follow. its famous ring road that's the recommendation from. as head concierge at the hotel imperial he knows what visitors want to see. just over 5 kilometers long and 60 meters wide. is divided into 9 sections each with its own name. the ring road in circles the city has historical center. it also runs past the vienna state opera one of the world's most prestigious opera houses. just because that is probably the most famous building on the. evening you can see the audience coming here not just in cars but also on foot it's nice to watch that even if you're not going to the opera it's a kind of theater in itself. for the. many buildings here

speak of the past that. once ruled out whole book palace today it's the official residence of the austrian president. the art history museum is another important monument. built with austria was part of an empire it contains treasures from 7 different millennia. ascending the staircase in the art history museum is a great experience every time the magnificence to the left and right of the stairs over here but the real treasure is up above when you turn around. and taken these wonderful paintings by gustav glimmered i mean they're unique works of art and think i think. the original ring road was built with a medieval military force if acacia this one stood by us in 857. ordered it to be given a complete make of that the boulevard became the biggest construction project of

the i mean i think that the thing has changed a lot over the centuries aristocrats and the middle classes used to stroll about here then it became excessive bill to everyone. now there's lots of traffic but nice bike paths too and it's still a great place to walk so yeah. the vienna city park was the 1st of many public parks to be built along more than 150 years ago. but the city park is my favorite part of the thing. if you can observe all kinds of people here. in the theater when you can see everyone from top managers to punks to japanese tourists. everyone comes here. some say that english has made what it is today.

following loopy from beethoven's footsteps in vienna as i've already mentioned the 2 of them was a rather restless guy he often moved in vienna and he even moved in and out of the apartment in the merc several times the house belonged to one of be talking patrons baron past. his landlord remained loyal to him even when beatles moved elsewhere the baron that not rent out the apartment but kept it so that the musician could return. since b. 2 of them suffered from gastric complaints as well as for. i'm hearing loss he visited the spa town of heiling start on the outskirts of vienna in hope of a cure he often went for a walk in this park. the building in the nearby houses the n.s.p. to have museum.

shows me around the rooms would be to have lived in in the summer of 18 or 2. it was quite unsettled he often moved why was that. he wasn't an easy tenant as his deafness progressed he composed louder and louder slamming the piano with this hand but he banged on the walls to be time and sang loudly. and if he got to composing he had a funny habit of taking a pail of water and dumping it over his head. even with today's flooring that would be problematic back then the floor had even more cracks for the water to run down so his neighbors got moldy walls he. didn't word get around among landlords here in

vienna. absolutely he always had problems finding lodgings. that's how he used to live from the composer forder. it's an attempt to show what his apartment could have looked like when the harder of hearing he grew the more chaotic his life became. this valuable string instrument from the princely city is lying around. here or scraps of food and sheet music. for instance while working on the mrs sullivan is he couldn't find the kiddie a bible. 4 days later he discovered that his cook had wrapped the butter with the sheet music for the kids. and of course that was awful for him he needed it though she by contrast his teacher and role model haydn was very orderly so his music lies neatly on the piano beethoven was slovenly when it came to how he dressed and how

he kept his house listening to house on the. beatles testament became famous in it the composer describes his desperate situation his fears about becoming deaf and his isolation. that islam is highly conserved at a testament has also a justification he writes about the incurable state of his ears made worse by misguided doctors he came here hoping to be healed. he was also suffering from a broken heart. but in 1802 he came to highly can start to be cured. so this letter is a justification of why he's so withdrawn doesn't socialize much anymore and has become such a loner it's because he's uncomfortable saying speak up i can't hear you as a musician he finds the sun bearable and he must also deal with jealous folks and enemies he's made due to his difficult temperament so this letter attempts to

correct his image a bit. by the way. born here in vienna but in germany that's where he lived 20 years and that's where he took his 1st steps as a musician and composer and of course the people of are also very proud of their being. in december 17th 70 looks like then beethoven was born into a musical family in poland his grandfather was the chord music director his father was a singer and music teacher. to mark the 250th anniversary of his birth a new permanent exhibition has opened in the house where literate from beethoven was born. just a few years before the french revolution the spirit of change was a lier. his family supported young beethoven's musical talent he

lived various instruments and worked as an organist and p.l.o. teacher and he took an interest in the ideas of the allies and. of the tears already apparent how the french revolution men packed on beethoven's life. we have this view of the french marching in and occupying the rhineland. here a liberty pole is set up at the market square in bonn so beethoven was caught up in these changing times from the when the far left asked what the base have in the house and this it is can see the instruments that compose the play. portraits testified to the fact that beethoven was already an icon in his lifetime yet the differing portrayals underlined the composer's multifaceted nature import this is a portrait of a young beethoven circa 1900 he was around 30 years old it's a completely different image than the one we normally have of we think of beethoven

as an old deaf misanthrope who withdrew from society. but here he looks at us quite openly at composers who came before him he doesn't wear a wink at some of his republican hands down signals a new era in this portrayed by horniman is well suited to helping us find a new understanding a new approach to beethoven. in. one room in the bass heaven house is devoted to the compose this everyday life and work. permanent exhibition relies on a few items that speak volumes. that it was important for us to show off there is historic house which is mainly in its original condition to its best advantage and see a small selection of everyday objects though important ones like the desk he worked at. or his walking stick or i would this is another stage in such

a way that you realise how vital they are to beethoven's life. you can really see that in this vitrine which only contains a goose quill and. it helps us realise that all the music the beethoven wrote went through a goose quill. and is now preserved in all of eternity. so for the kind. you can also follow in base heaven's footsteps by taking a walking tour organized by the citizens association. has many buildings from beethoven's day no longer exist they've set up in 5 paris. times. this pillar shows where the cotton once stood it was beethoven's favorite and a center for discussion about the enlightenment. this was before the french

revolution and american independence. here there was a circle of musicians who were very involved in these political discussions and that sag often was their meeting place. at the front there is. it was run by a widow widow cossack who also had a very attractive daughter called bet that back then all the men in bonn were attracted to her like moths to a flame. dove into. 16 stops on the base have into it and around the. first step on the ice uttering the composer's memory is a neighbor of the lost. brother skip the hordes a day there's almost no music that doesn't draw on beethoven that even includes rock music when you listen to someone like the great punk icon patti smith whenever she's in bonn she always goes to the beethoven house because she says my music would be inconceivable without beethoven was so beethoven's really contemporary.

back. here in celebrated his 1st great successes as a composer for example in the. 3rd symphony he was heard for the 1st time. the prince of luck of its was an important patron for beatles and for other composers today his palace houses the theatre museum. what's so special about this whole. it's simply part of musical history she. took place here so did debuts dress rehearsals in the presence of beethoven and

operas. the prince of look of it's was crazy about music and theater so he knew what kind of people to bring here and just what needed to be done. so it would become why did it be to have been performed here for the 1st time. after $180.00 for an opera by sally area was performed here and afterwards to rehearsals took place. and the triple concerto the bills prove that. they show that in addition to the musicians for the sally area opera a 3rd french horn player was needed. and only one beethoven symphony features a 3rd french horn so that's the indication. when you know how the people reacted to the are there any records from the time.

there's evidence that the it was considered a revolutionary work. people must have been pretty astonished because in the symphony was something completely new in terms of its instrumentation. and vitality . music theatre art and. travel program about this. without it curtains are. defeated bill a restaurant is one of the city's best known addresses for. head chef. the secret. lies in the preparation. of the 1st you can't the maids and then tenderize it carefully. extremely delicate and holds a lot of water because it is so young calf tenderize it you have to be extremely

careful not to destroy the fibers because otherwise the water will run out and then the schnitzel can't cook properly both ends of your. farm fresh eggs and finely ground breadcrumbs are also key ingredients for wienerschnitzel. the view is likely salted coated in flour. an egg covered with bread crumbs. to the mixture lightly on to the meat not too hard. they fry the feel in melted clarified but. keep it moving around the person so the meat will brown evenly. once the deal is golden brown carefully remove it let the fat trade away and serve promptly. that's how they've been baking here for over a century the family run this is now it's false generation.

white what is the perfect accompaniment to sell. those they still have room for dessert should head to the hotel's. famous. the originals are taught it was created in 1982 by. the father of hotel found. many because of says try to other luck the cake secrets but the handwritten recipe remains a closely guarded secret. the cakes trademark is the thick layer of dark chocolate icing. the. greedy and sweet use for the softer torture i'm a tour own specifications from over so you can buy the chocolate or apricots jam we use anywhere they're made just for us that's the big difference between ours and other stuff and talk about. the originals a chocolate cake with chocolate icing and 2 layers of apricot jam sells like

hotcakes. every tourist who visits vienna tries one or takes one home the hotel sells some $360000.00 cakes each year. check out some of our favorite travel pics on instagram follow us on d.w. travel. my next stop is central cemetery it is one of the largest cemeteries in europe. i have arranged to meet up with. she knows her way around those guided tours even at night. live. in these have a really unique relationship to death and to symmetry. if you are a singer from the sun that day must be nice must have had his reasons you'll

notice that the viennese don't just visit the central cemetery during the day but i'd like to get us going what is the classic here what do visitors want to see. this is going to on the he doesn't wear. people come from and which v.i.p.'s they know the nuts and clearly international guests are all familiar with that if. they get all straight and the german speaking world but also internationally. the grave of all it. is also popular with german speaking visiting his. golf course i want to know where do fish from be to the streets he died at the age of 56 in 1827. to. become what would be to have his funeral have been like and i let you read it to be pompous some 20000 people have come to his funeral he was much loved at the time so

20000 people accompanied him on his final journey. at the end of my journey and be told his footsteps in vienna i want to combine something that is typical of vienna and that's associated with between here in coffee for only one of us oldest coffee houses both beatles at mozart gave small concerts there's no music today but i have a typical austrian suite ditch the kaiser. be talking certainly left his mark on piano you can follow his footsteps from his numerous apartments to the great concert halls where he was celebrated as a composer if you do so he will get an intimate look at who this man was as an artist but also as a person and of course you get

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