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Where to See
Biedermeier Vienna
Napoleon’s partial demolition
of the city walls led to the
creation of the Burggarten (see
p104) and the Volksgarten (p106).
Domestic architecture flourished
– Biedermeier houses include the
Geymüllerschlössel (p162) and
the Dreimäderlhaus (p133) – as
did the applied arts (pp84–5).

Biedermeier Chair
The 1848 Revolution This style of furniture
This painting from 1848 by Anton Ziegler characterized the
shows the revolution in Vienna, when the domestic aspirations of
middle classes and workers fought Vienna’s middle classes
together against Metternich. in the 1820s.

Schubertiade
Franz Schubert (see p40) wrote over 600 vocal pieces.
These were often performed at musical evenings such as
the one shown in this painting, An Evening at Baron von
Spaun’s, by Moritz von Schwind (1804–71).

The Geymüllerschlössel, dating
from 1802, is home to Vienna’s
Biedermeier museum.

The Grand Gallop
Waltzes, popularized by Johann
Strauss I (the Elder) (see p40), were
extremely popular in the 1820s.

1830 Vienna’s population 1846 Johann Strauss
reaches 318,000 the Younger becomes
1837 First railway music director of the
1827 Death of 1831–2 Cholera constructed court balls until 1870 1850 City population
Beethoven epidemic reaches 431,000
1830 1840
1828 Death 1845 Gas lighting
of Schubert introduced
1825 Johann Strauss 1831 The dramatist Franz 1848 Revolution in Vienna; Metternich
the Elder leads his Grillparzer completes Des forced from office, and Emperor Ferdinand I
first waltz orchestra Meeres und der Liebe Wellen abdicates to be replaced by Franz Joseph

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