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Foreign Musicians
in Austria
Vienna, an important cultural
centre on the European map, has
always attracted musicians and
composers from other countries.
The Renaissance brought Flemish
artists, and the Baroque period
attracted Italians. Vienna was
home to Christoph Gluck, Ludwig
van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms
Johann Strauss (son) has been proclaimed the king of the and others. The main exponent
waltz, thanks to his compositions including The Blue Danube of the New Viennese operetta
and Tales from the Vienna Woods. was the Hungarian, Franz Lehár.

Portrait of Anna Maria,
Mozart’s mother

Leopold,
Mozart’s father
Johannes Brahms (1833–97),
German composer, outstanding
creator of traditional symphonies,
piano and chamber music, was
unsympathetic towards
progressive trends.

Anton Bruckner is probably
best known for his nine
symphonies but he also Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–
wrote church music, in 1827), German composer and
particular choral works. one of the Viennese Classicists,
battled from 1798 with his
progressive deafness. His best-
known work is perhaps the
Gustav Mahler started his career as a Ninth Symphony, with the Ode
conductor and only in later years devoted to Joy in its finale.
himself to composing music. His most
important work is the cycle of ten
monumental symphonies.

1900–1991 1935 b. Kurt
Ernst Křenek Schwertsik 1941 b. Dieter 1971 b. Michael F. P. Huber 2009 Haydn Year
Kaufmann
1874–1951 Arnold 1926 b. 1956 b. 2006 Mozart Year
Schönberg Friedrich Cerha Herbert Willi
1875 1900 1925 1950 1975 2000 2025
1874–1949 1960 b.
Edmund Eysler 1883–1945 Anton Karlheinz 1998 Arnold Schönberg
von Webern
1885–1935 Essl 1971 b. Center opened in Vienna
Alban Berg 1943 b. H. K. (Heinz Bernhard Gál
Edmund Eysler Karl) Gruber

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