1. Most famous Most famous musicians Concert Halls Music Of Austria

2. Classical Music Classical Music Austrian traditional music: Yodel Yodel Ländler Ländler others others

3. Classical Music Vienna: important city for musical innovation European capital of classical music three composers arose  last innovations  Beethoven's symphonic patterns  Mozart's balance between melody and form  Haydn's development of string quartet and sonata division of music  popular compositions  serious art

4. Yodel a type of throat singing developed in the Alps used to communicate across mountains presence of an echo is vital

5. Ländler folk dance in 3/4 time sometimes purely instrumental, sometimes had a vocal part at the end of the 18th century  was popular in Austria  south Germany  German Switzerland  in the 19th century  quicker and more elegant

6. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Also: Also: Franz Schubert Johann Strauss Jr. Johann Strauss Sr. Johannes Brahms Arnold Schönberg Ludwig van Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven Joseph Haydn Joseph Haydn

7. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) With 4 years started his musical education Was taught by his father excellent performer and interested in composing music 1783 he moved into the "Mozarthaus“ Mozart died on the 5th December 1791 memorial at the graves of honour

8. Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) received his musical education by his father In 1787 he moved to Vienna worked and studied with Mozart and Haydn impairment in his hearing 1814 he presented his only opera "Fidelio“ around 1818 he went completely deaf

9. Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) At the age of 8 he was sent to Vienna as a choirboy Until 1750 he studied violin and keyboard Oxford Uni. awarded him an honorary doctor of music

10. Musikverein Musikverein Vienna State Opera Vienna State Opera Volksoper Volksoper

11. Musikverein founded in 1812 by music loving people 5 concert halls excellent acoustic rich and imaginative decoration up to 500 concerts per year music lovers from all over the world

12. Volksoper 'Volksoper' is a major opera house Initially, it was built as a conventional theater stage In 1903 the first opera was staged there since 1999, home to a contemporary dance ensemble

13. Vienna State Opera one of the first buildings on the Ringstraße built between 1861 - 1869 neo-romantic style room for 2276 spectators it's stage is one of the largest in Europe