a lot of questions that need answering following the footsteps of the great beatle chickie and. next d w. 2 could have been now i'm sure that of us as we are now. in support of. what's a big what's. down there. to do what.

music plays a big role in the city music has brought you here today. i'm in vienna the capital of austria they're storing all talent 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 the from beatle vince 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 loot before beethoven still is in vienna what. makes the city so attractive to musicians

and why was. this 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 right. 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 on earth in his native. one of the top addresses for music lovers in vienna is the sound museum how still music it's all about the sounds and noises and the exhibition starts in the stairwell. as i climb to the bar sound

staircase which we call stair play can do more than make music. follow you. come on you play songs you hear you can play one of the vienna philharmonic museum is also located here the famous all construct was founded in these rooms. and here in the instrument we look at groups of instruments and for areas of course we show people real instruments and want visitors to learn something about the groups they belong to the instrument can beat the big drum to. 0. 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 installations of the walt dice game was also developed here in house. the concert 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 sound museum is dedicated to the famous composers who work in vienna. now we're 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 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. after realizing just how great they were 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 follows. 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 is historical. 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 the. book palace 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. as a people. 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 clement i mean they're unique works of art and think i think because thank you dear original ring road was built with medieval military

45th cations one stent. 157. ordered to be given a complete make the bring about became biggest construction project so the i mean. the thing has changed a lot over the centuries aristocrats and the middle classes used to stroll about here then it became excessive to everyone. now there's lots of traffic but nice bike paths too and it's still a great place to walk so. to give you this city park was the 1st of many public parks to be built along more than 150 years ago. the city park is my favorite part of the thing. 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 the things that 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 of us twice several times the house belonged to one of the 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 the 2 of them suffered from gastric complaints as well as for. hearing loss he visited the spa town of heiling start 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 fiennes paid to have museum. book no shows me around the rooms that beatles 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 his hand but he banged on the walls to beat 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 loans 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 in 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 a 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 bible . 4 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 down he dressed and how he kept his house but senate house on the. beatles is highly testament became famous in it the composer describes his desperate situation he's fears about becoming deaf and his isolation. in haiti that islam is highly conserved at a testament is 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 80 no 2 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 being. 1770. 7 was born into a musical family. his grandfather was the court music director his father was the singer and me. 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 supported 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 this. or that fast. at the base have announced this it is can see the instruments the composer played. portraits testified to the fact that beethoven was already an icon in his own life time yet the differing portrayals underline the composer's multi-faceted nature. this is

a portrait of the young beethoven circa 1900 he was around 30 years old it's 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 signoff in. one room in the base heaven hell is devoted to the composer's every day life and work. permanent exhibition relies on a few items that speak volumes. it was important for us to show off that it's historic house which is mainly in its original condition to its best advantage. small selection of everyday objects though important ones like to ask. for his walking stick.

with these and if they're staged in such a way that you realize how vital they are to beethoven's life. you can really see that in this vitrine which only contains a goose quill. 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 footsteps by taking a walking tour by the citizens. as many buildings from beethoven's day no longer exist they've set up. 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 gotten was their meeting place. it was run by a widow widow 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. going to. 16 stops on the base have into it in and around. uttering the composer's memory. 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 pat. smith whenever she's and gone she always goes to the beethoven house because she says my music would be inconceivable without beethoven was so beethoven's really contemporary with her

heart. back in vienna here be 2 of the celebrated his 1st great successes as a composer for example in the palace where beatle fans 3rd symphony. was hurt 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 fee at the museum. of what's so special about the soul of these and it's simply part of musical history. i mean years 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 that he. worked with us here good luck to so it would become why did b 2 of them perform the you've always got here for the 1st time. after $1804.00 an opera by sally area was performed here and afterwards to rehearsals took place for the elbow and the triple concerto the bills prove that come on they show that in addition to the musicians for the saudi area opera 3rd french horn player was needed. and only one beethoven symphony features a 3rd french horn so that's the indication from the people when put this one putting the so-called amount of fleece went by so you know how the people reacted to the 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 that it was complete now is vienna stands for music theatre art and cuisine no travel programme about the city would be complete without it so curtains for wienerschnitzel and that i thought it. the feeder restaurant is one of the city's best known addresses for. head chef. the secret. lies in the preparation. of the 1st you cut the meat and then tenderize it carefully. feel is extremely delicate and holds a lot of water because it is a 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 with a few. fresh eggs and fine bread crumbs are also key ingredients for wienerschnitzel. is likely salted coated in flour. next to the egg covered with bread crumbs. a mixture likely on to the meat not too hard. they fry the veal in bell to clarified butter and keep it moving around the pen so the meat will brown evenly. once the deal is golden brown carefully remove it let the fact trade away and serve promptly. that's how they've been. here for over a century the family run business is now in its 4th generation.

white wine is the perfect a company with videsh in itself. those who still have room for dessert should head to the hotel's. famous. the originals are taught it was created in 832 by. the father of hotel found. many bakers have 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 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 sofitel. the original is 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's sells some 360000 cakes each year. took out some of our favorite travel perks on instagram follow us on you 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 deaf to symmetries. singers from the sun that day. must have had his reasons you will notice that the viennese don't

just visit the central cemetery during the day but i'd like to get the bus going what is the classic here what do visitors want to see. is guns on the. web. people come from and which v.i.p.'s they know that's not clearly international guests are all familiar with. if. they get austria 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. becoming 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 you and that's associated with beatles here in coffee home one of us oldest coffee houses both beatles and mozart gave small concerts there's no music today but i have a typical austrian suite ditch the kaiser. been 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 and 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

a good impression of his adopted hometown again bye bye see you soon.

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