music plays a big role in the city music has brought 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 use it lovers around the world are celebrating the 250th anniversary of the from b.

to vince birth. who 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 here 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. of course we will also give you an overview of the sights to see in vienna. and the killing there is special 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 easy and how still music it's all about the sounds and noises and the exhibition starts in the stairwell. was a clunk that there are sound staircase which we call stair play can do more than make music. but i follow you. come on you play a song you have you can play one of the vienna philharmonic museum is also located here the famous all construct 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.

all of. these 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 high drama by the way. here's a really great interactive installations of the walt dice game was also developed here in house. the consumer 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 just.

an entire floor of the south museum is dedicated to the famous composers who worked in vienna. our 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 full of comedy as mozart beethoven and france you bet. many important composers came to vienna over the centuries beatles and also moved here when he was 22. and 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 austria's 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 the things it's famous ring road that's the recommendation from our head concierge at the hotel imperial he knows what visitors want to see. just over 5 kilometers long and 60 metres wide the link is divided into 9 sections

each with its own name. the ring road in circles the city's historical center. it also runs past the vienna state opera one of the world's most prestigious opera houses and. if that's 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 have spoken. today it's the official residence of the austrian president. the art history museum is another important monument. built when austria was part of an empire it contains treasures from 7 different millennia. of ascending the staircase in the art history

museum is a great experience every time the magnificence to the left and right of the stairs here over here but the real treasure is up above when you turn around. and taken these wonderful paintings by gustav clamored i mean they're unique works of art and think i think. the original ring road was built. cations one stent. in 57. to be given a complete make the. biggest construction project. the thing has changed a lot over the centuries aristocrats and the middle classes used to stroll about here then it became excess to everyone. now there's lots of traffic but nice bike paths too and it's still a great place to walk but. the 1st of many public parks to be built along the things more than 150 years ago.

the city park is my favorite part of the thing. you can observe all kinds of people here. when you can see everyone from top managers to punks to japanese tourists. everyone comes here. some say that. what it is today. following loopy from beethoven's footsteps in vienna as i've already mentioned was a rather restless guy he often moved in vienna and he even moved in and out of the apartment in the merc of us twice several times the house belonged to one of. baron . his landlord remained loyal to him even when beatles moved elsewhere the barren

that not rent out the apartment but kept it sylvette the musician could return. since the 2 of them suffered from gastric complaints as well as from hearing loss he visited the spot on the filing steps on the outskirts of vienna and hopeful for a cure he often went for a walk in this park. the building in the nearby houses vienna's be told museum. shows me around the rooms the beatles lived in in the summer of 18 all too. 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 his 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 be too often the compulsive fault or. it's an attempt to show what his apartment could have looked like when the harder of hearing he grew the more chaos. out of his life became. this valuable string instrument from a princely city is lying around. here or scraps of food and sheet music.

for instance while working on the missile. he couldn't find the kid i believe. for days later he discovered that his cook had wrapped the butter with the sheet music for the kids. of course that was awful for him he needed those sheets 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 but then he. stuck testament became famous in it the composer describes his desperate situation he's furious about becoming deaf and his isolation. that is the means highly constat 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 too late. 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.

in december 1770 looks like then beethoven was born into a musical family. his grandfather was the court 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 in the air. his family's support of young beethoven's musical talent he lived various instruments and worked as an organist and piano teacher and he took an interest in the ideas of the ad litum and. the fear is already apparent how the french revolution impacts on beethoven's life here 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 vendor for the last. at the base have announced this it is can see the instruments the composer played. numerous portraits testified to the fact that beethoven was already an icon in his own lifetime yet the differing portrayals underline the composer's multi-faceted nature. this is a portrait of a young beethoven circa 1900 he was around 30 years old and gets a completely different image than the one we normally happen we think of beethoven as an old deaf misanthrope who withdrew from society. but here he looks at us quite openly and. composers who came before him he doesn't wear a wig at some of his republican hairstyle signals a new era in this portrayed by horniman is well suited to helping us find. new understanding a new approach to beethoven. in the bass heaven house

is devoted to the compose this every day life and work. exhibition relies on a few items that speak volumes. as. it was important for us to show off these historic house which is mainly in its original condition to its best advantage see a small selection of everyday objects though important ones like the desk. or his walking stick. with these images staged in such a way that you realize how vital they are to beethoven's life. so you can really see that in this vitrine which only contains a goose quill and. it helps us realize that all the music that beethoven wrote went through a goose quill and is now preserved all of eternity. you can also follow in beethoven's footsteps by taking

a walking tour organized by the citizens association. as many buildings for beethoven's day no longer exist they've set up in 5. times due. to. this pillar shows where the cotton once stood it was a 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's where garton was their meeting place. that. it was run by a widow widow cock who also had a very attractive daughter called bet. back then all the men in bonn were attracted to her like moths to a flame. beethoven 2. there

are 16 stops on the bass have into it and a round. for stefan i say uttering the composer's memory is a neighbor of a lot. of those horrid today 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 and gone she always goes to the beethoven house because she says my music would be inconceivable without beethoven not so beethoven's really contemporary. back in vienna here be 2 of them celebrated his 1st great successes as

a composer for example in local with palace where beatle fans 3rd symphony. 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. i think what's so special about this whole thesis and it's simply part of musical history. amir's took place here so did debuts dress rehearsals in the presence of beethoven and operas. the prince of luck of its was crazy about music and theater so he knew what kind of people to bring here and just what needed to be done. with us here good luck to sort would become why did b 2 of them perform vehicle we got here for the 1st time. after $180.00 for an opera by sally area was performed here and afterwards to rehearsals took place for

the ever. and the triple concerto the bills prove that come on they show that in addition to the musicians for the saudi area opera a 3rd french horn player was needed. and only one beethoven symphony features a 3rd french horn so that's the indication. from the piece that when pete this one of the so-called amount of sleaze went by so you know how the people reacted to the avoid are there any records from the time. there's evidence that the road was considered a revolutionary work. people must have been pretty astonished because in the symphony was something completely new in terms of its instrumentation power and vitality it was complete noise. stands for music theatre art and cuisine no travel programme about this would be complete without it so curtains for wienerschnitzel and that i thought it.

defeated villa restaurant is one of the city's best known addresses for. head chef . the secret to a good lies in the preparation. of the 1st you can't the me to tenderize it carefully. feel is extremely delicate and holds a lot of water because it is so young calf. 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 but with friends of your. farm fresh eggs and finally breadcrumbs are also key ingredients for wienerschnitzel. the view is likely salted coated in flour. next to the egg covered with bread crumbs. to brush the mixture lightly onto the meat not too hard are. they and fry the veal

in melted clarified butter keep it moving around the purpose so the brown evenly. once the deal is golden brown carefully remove it let the fat trade away and serve . that's how they've been making here for over a century the family run this is now in its 4th generation. why it is the perfect accompaniment to feed ashmit so. those who 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 it says try to under lock the cake secrets but the handwritten recipe

remains a closely guarded secret. the cakes trade is the thick layer of dark chocolate icing. greedy and sweet use for the softer torture i'm a tour own specifications you can't 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 until. the originals are chocolate cake with chocolate icing and 2 layers of apricot jam sells like hotcakes. 6 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 perks on instagram followers 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. as an egg on their. knees have a really unique relationship to death and to symmetry. that day must be nice. to 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. bust in what is the classic here what do visitors want to see. this is going to. goes on where. 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 this. of 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 are said to have come to his funeral and he was much loved at the time so 20000 people accompanied him on his final journey. at the end of my journey and b 2 of his footsteps in vienna i want to combine something that is typical of vienna and that's associated with beatles here in coffee home 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 kids are. going to. 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 you will get an intimate look at who this man was as an artist but also as a person and of course you get a good impression of his adopted hometown again bye bye see you soon.

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