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| INNSBRUCK, Tirol |
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| LINZ, Oberösterreich |
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Governing organization: Kunsthistorisches Museum, Wien.
Open: 10-16, W-M; Tu closed, May to September.
Collection: 12 instruments: including 2 alphorns, lute, transverse flute, 2 merlitons, panpipe; ivory trumpet, Africa.
History: The collection was founded about 1570 by Ferdinand II (1529-1595) of Tirol, Archduke of Austria. It has been housed in two main locations: Schloss Ambras, and Schloss Ruhelust. In 1806 the collection was moved to Wien; it was exhibited from 1814 in the Belvedere, and from 1891 at the Kunsthistorisches Museum.
Publications: Laurin Luchner. Denkmal either Renaissance-Fürsten. Versuch einer Rekonstruktion des Ambraser-Museums von 1583. [Hrsg. von Kunsthistorisches Museum, Wien.] Wien: Schroll [1958].
Laurin Luchner. Kunsthistorische Samlungen Schloss Ambras. Innsbruck, 1959.
"Ein Schloss in Tirol: Ambras und seine Sammlungen", Aufnahmen Franco
Cianetti, DU-Atlantis: Kulturelle Monatsschrift (April, 1966), vol. 26.
[Entire issue, various authors devoted to Schloss Ambras.]
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Governing organization: Rathaus Bad Aussee.
Primary responsibility: Museums Kulturreferat, Rathaus.
Open: 10-12, 16-18 daily, 15 June-15 September;
15.30-18 Tu, 9.30-12 F, 10-12 Sa 1 Apr-14 June, 16 Sept-31 Oct.
Information sent: 1994.
Collection: about 30 primarily folk instruments from the Ausseer: fifes; nose pipes; jewsharps; diatonic harmonika, Steiermark; alphorn; zither; dulcimer; violin, viola; contrabass guitar; and clavichord, Eggedacher, Salzburg, 1747.
History: The collection is documents the folk music of the Ausseer, an area known for the preservation of its traditional ways.
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Primary responsibility: Direktor.
Open: 9-12, 14-17,Tu-Su; closed M.
Collection: about 45 instruments: organ from Hohenems, 16th c.; violins, wind instruments, pianos, folk instruments, sheet music.
History: The museum was founded in 1857 as Vorarlberger Landesmuseumsverein. It has been a state museum since 1947 (Land Voralberg).
Services: permanent exhibition of some of the instruments; guided tours, educational services, radio and television programs, special concerts, reference library, photographs, slides, publications.
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Governing organization: Primary responsibility: W. Hofrat (town councillor), Direktor.
Open: 9-12, 13-17 daily, Easter to 31 October.
Collection: 4 instruments made in Vienna and Pressburg between the 18th c. and ca. 1830, including grand piano, Anton Walter, Wien, 1780.
History: The Haydn Museum was founded in 1935 in the residence from 1766 to 1778
of Joseph Haydn.
Services: guided tours on request, taped performances, occasional concerts. Reference library contains literature about Haydn, autographs and other manuscripts, first editions, etc; photograph collection.
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10 museums are described below, 7 of which are departments or branches of the Landesmuseum Joanneum, which was founded in 1883. Its music section was first opened in 1936. The other three museums are in the vicinity, and their musical instruments are included in the major musical instrument catalogue for the geographical area:
Because several of the departments or branches are included in the same catalogues, the bibliography for the museums in and around Graz follows. The author and date cited under the "publications" sections for the specific museums refer back to the publications hereforth given:
I. Stiermark es Landesmuseum Joanneum, Abteilung für Kunstgewerbe, Neutorgasse 45, A-8010 Graz. Provincial museum. Tel.: (0316) 877 2393 / 877 2394 / 877 2458.
Governing organization: Stiermark es Landesmuseum Joanneum, Raubergasse 10, A-8010 Graz. Provincial group of museums with musical instruments. Tel.: (0316) 70 31-24 54.
Primary responsibility: Leiter.
Open: by appointment only.
Tel.: (0316) 70 31-27 78
Collection: about 220 instruments: 91 winds, including 8 trumpets, 1 by Anton Kerner Sr., Wien, 1790, 1 by Georg Simon Kinzel, Graz 1815; trombone; 1 flügelhorn; 1 bass tuba; 13 horns (Wald-, Alp-, hunting), including curved horn by Crétien, Paris, ca.1650, hunting horn by Michael Nagel, Nürnberg, 1647, natural horn by Anton Kerner Sr., Wien, 1781; 2 curved cornetts; 1 bagpipe; 3 doppelrohrblätter; 7 bassoons including 1 by Ignatz Riedel, Graslitz, ?Friedrich Hammig, Wien, both early 19th c., B. Kohlert, Wien, mid-19th c.; 1 English horn; 5 oboes, including by Jacob Baur, Wien end of 18th c., Friedrich Hammich, Wien, early 19th c.; 1 basset horn; 9 clarinets, incl. 1 by Johann Tobias Uhlmann, Wien 1st half 19th c.; 38 flutes including 5 recorders, 1 by Johannes Maria Anciuti, Milano, 1717, piccolos, 8 transverse flutes including by Hotteterre, Paris, ca. 1700, 9 pipes, 5 czakan and 3 ocarinas.
33 strings: lute by Gabriel Buchstetter, Stadtamhof bei Regensburg, 1755; bass lute, Heinrich Kramer, Wien, 1704; 3 harps, 6 dulcimers, 21 zithers, guitar, 2 tambours; 12 bowed strings: violins; 2 violas, 1 by Lorenzo Storioni, Cremona, 1790; violoncello, Matteo Gofriller, Venezia, 1698; viola da gamba; hurdy gurdy bowed zither, gusle.
26 keyboards: 5 clavichords including by George Mitterreiter, Graz, 1727, Carl Matthias Schwandtner, Graz, 1782, Franz Xaver Schwarz, Graz, 1796; harpsichord by Johann Leydecker, Wien, 1755; 9 grand pianos including by Johann Jakesch, Wien, end 18th c.; Alois Graf, Ferdinand Hofmann, both Wien, and Ignaz Michael Wierer, Graz, all 3 early 19th c., Johann Michael Schweighofer, Friedrich Hey, both Wien, mid-19th c.; house organ, positiv organ by Georg Mitterreiter, Graz, early 19th c.; harmonium, square pianos, pianino; 3 membranophones, 3 trums, 12 idiophones: bells, etc. 7 mechanical instruments, 30 non-Western instruments from Indonesia, China, Japan, Africa, North America.
History: By far, the largest number of instruments in Landesmuseum Joanneum divisions is in the Abteilung für Kunstgewerbe, Neutorgasse 45. A large part of the collection came from the Graz Collector Hans Sowinski. Most are now on display.
Publications: II. Landeszeughaus (Abteilung des Landesmuseums), Herrengasse 16, A-8010 Graz.
Governing organization: Stiermark es Landesmuseum Joanneum, Raubergasse 10, A-8010 Graz. Provincial group of museums with musical instruments.
Tel.: (0316) 70 31-24 54.
Primary responsibility: Leiter.
Open: 9-17 M-F, 9-13 Sa, Su, holidays.
Collection: about 70 musical objects, including 10 fifes, 5 from the 16th or early 17th c., 2 with cases; 4 fife cases; 17 drums, 35 pairs of drumsticks; 2 drum stands.
History: Collection of instruments used by the corps musicians. Among European arsenals, Graz military played an important role in spreading the alarm.
Publications: III. Steirisches Volkskundemuseum (Abteilung des Landesmuseums), Paulustorgasse 13, A-8010 Graz. Tel.: (0316) 700-416.
Governing organization: Stiermark es Landesmuseum Joanneum, Raubergasse 10, A-8010 Graz. Provincial group of museums with musical instruments. Tel.: (0316) 70 31-24 54.
Primary responsibility: Leiter.
Open: 9-16, M-Th, 9-13, Sa, Su, holidays.
Collection: nearly 90 instruments or musical objects, including: winds: a recorder; 2 bird pipes; 2 schwegelpfeife; 2 piccolos, flute; panpipes; 7 clarinets; 3 harmonicas; 2 bassoons; serpent; signal horn; 6 alphorns; 3 waldhorns; 3 flugelhorns; tenorhorn, 2 tubas. Strings: 3 dulcimers; 5 Salzburger zithers; aeolian harp; 3 bowed zithers; 2 fiddles; violin, contrabass; hurdy gurdy. Misc.: rummelpot; bumbass; 10 jews harps, case; 66 Good Friday rattles; bells.
History: Founded in 1913 by Viktor Geramb; many of the wind instruments were in the Bezirksmuseum Fürstenfield in 1931. Some of the instruments came from wind bands in local church chapels or were used with church choirs.
Publications: IV. Abteilung für Vor- und Frügeschichte, Schloss Eggenberg (Abteilung des Landesmuseums), Eggenberger Allee 90, A-8020 Graz. Tel.: (0316) 53 2 64.
Governing organization: Stiermark es Landesmuseum Joanneum, Raubergasse 10, A-8010 Graz. Provincial group of museums with musical instruments. Tel.: (0316) 70 31-24 54.
Primary responsibility: Leiter.
Open: 9-12, 14-17 daily February to November.
Collection: 5 instruments: 2 bone pipes, 1 bone flute, 2 rattles.
History: The instruments are located in the large and beautiful baroque castle 10 km. from the center of the city.
Publications: V. Jagdmuseum, Schloss Eggenberg (Abteilung des Landesmuseums), Eggenberger Allee 90, A-8020 Graz. Tel.: (0316) 53 2 64.
Governing organization: Stiermark es Landesmuseum Joanneum, Raubergasse 10, A-8010 Graz. Provincial group of museums with musical instruments. Tel.: (0316) 70 31-24 54.
Primary responsibility: Leiter.
Open: 9-12, 14-17 daily February to November.
Collection: 5 instruments and about 20 whistles and bells: natural trumpet, 4 hunting horns, 11 bird-, 1 rabbit- whistles; driver bells for dogs.
History: A large drafty hunting museum with 24 rooms was founded in 1953.
Publications: VI. Volkskundliche Sammlung für Wirtschaft, Arbeit und Nahrung, Aussenstelle Stainz des Steirischen Volkskundemuseums (Abteilung des Landesmuseums), Schloss Stainz, A-8510 Stainz. Tel.: (3463) 27 72.
Governing organization: Stiermark es Landesmuseum Joanneum, Raubergasse 10, A-8010 Graz. Provincial group of museums with musical instruments. Tel.: (0316) 70 31-24 54.
Primary responsibility: Leiter.
Open: 9-13 Tu-F; 9-17 Sa, Su, holidays.
Collection: 2 rattles; 3 chimes; 7 bells; 17 jingle bells; 4 rattles with handles, products of modern Yugoslavia.
History: In 20 rooms, 30 km. southwest of Graz, in the castle of Stainz is a folk museum dedicated to country domestic arts practiced since the 19th c.
Publications: VII. Landschaftsmuseum Schloss Trautenfels (Abteilung des Landesmuseums), A-8010 Trautenfels. Tel.: (03682) 22 33.
Governing organization: Stiermark es Landesmuseum Joanneum, Raubergasse 10, A-8010 Graz. Provincial group of museums with musical instruments. Tel.: (0316) 70 31-24 54.
Primary responsibility: Leiter.
Open: 9-17, 1 April to 31 October; weekdays by appointment, 1 November to 31 March.
Collection: about 100 sound-producing objects including: anthropomorphic whistle, 4 alphorns, barrel organ, organ bellows, diatonic harp, dulcimer, zither, bowed zither, jewsharp, triangle, many rattles, bells, jingle bells, ratchets.
History: Trautenfels Castle lies above Ennstal and has crowded exhibition rooms. Even so, only some instruments are on display; many are in storage. This is the largest collection of Steirischen idiophones.
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GRAZ (Steiermärk)
Stadtmuseum, Sackstrasse 18, A-8010 Graz. Municipal museum. Tel: (0316) 72 5 80.
Primary responsibility: Leiter.
Open: 10-18, M-F, 10-21, Sa; 9-13 Su.
Collection: 37 instruments: recorder, ca. 1900; 2 clarinets; 6 flügelhorns, 2 with valves; 2 cornets, tenorhorn; zither; clavichord, anon., end 18th c.; 2 grand pianos, anon, possibly Wien, ca. 1830, the other by Johann Baptist Streicher u.Sohn, Wien, mid-19th c.; pianini, Neumeyer, Berlin, 20th c.; 3 small drums; large drum; many drumsticks; jingling johnny, pre-1890, etc.
History: In the storerooms of the Stadtmuseum are a number of implements with musical uses, largely used by the military.
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Primary responsibility: Kustos. Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter.
Open: only by appointment.
Collection: about 50 instruments, including: bass recorder with keys, early 20th c.; 2 transverse flutes, late 18th c., one by Johann August Crone, Leipzig; 3 19th c. flutes; 12 clarinets; various clarinet parts and accessories; bassoons by Johann Heinrich Grenser, Dresden, and Ignatz Riedel, Graslitz, both ca. 1800; bassoon, Ignaz Huittl, Graslitz, early 19th c.; contrabassoon, Augustin Rorarius, Wien, 1800-50; natural horn, Philipp Schöller, München, 1779, a single and a pair of natural horns, Johann Riedl, Graz, early 19th c.; pair of waldhorns, Wenzel Stowassers Söhne, Graslitz, late 19th c.; 2 natural trumpets, Johann Wilhelm Haas, Nürnberg, ca. 1700, Johann Anton Lausmann, Graslitz 1750-1800; 2 inventions trumpets, 19th c. valved trumpet; 2 tubas; basshorn; bowed zither, jingling johnny, ca. 1800.
History: Most of the collection was assembled in 1952 from Stierischen churches, including Bad Aussee, Graz (Dom), Gröming, Radkersburg and Schladming. A large number of the instruments were restored in 1985.
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Primary responsibility: Leiter.
Open: by appointment.
Collection: 6 original instruments: 3 violins: Johann Michael Alban, Graz, 1726, Johann Joseph Gändl, Goisern, 1767, Mathias Thir, Wien, 1806?; viola, Gabriel David Buchstetter, Stadtamhof bei Regensburg, 1762; violoncello, Vicenzo Ruggeri, Cremona, 1730; grand piano, Joseph Brodmann, Wien, c.a 1815.
History: Established in 1967 in rooms in the Palais Saurau; today located in the Palais Meran. It became the Institute of Performance Practice of the High School of Music and Performing Arts. Around 1979 the institute began procuring copies of baroque instruments as well as playable original bowed strings and an early piano. The 3 violins, viola, and 'cello have their original necks and bassbars.
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Primary responsibility: Leiter.
Open: Museum is open 10-17 May to October. An appointment is necessary to see musical instruments first-hand.
Collection: about 240 musical instruments of European provenance, primarily stringed instruments.
History: The museum was founded in 1823 and first opened in 1845. The musical instruments collection has been on display in the Zeughaus (Armory) since 1970.
Services: department library, musical scores, photo service.
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Primary responsibility: Archivar.
Not open.
Collection: about 40 European art musical instruments. Most of the collection (all the historically- interesting instruments) were given by the Stift in 1836 to the Oberösterreichisches Landesmuseum, Linz. The few remaining instruments at Kremsmünster are loaned to musicians.
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History: the collection developed between 1950 and 1970 in connection with the study and cultivation of old music in the tradition of the Josef Mertin school. One of the few exisiting arpeggiones is part of the collection curently on loan to the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Wien.
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Governing organization: Museum Francisco Carolinum, Museumstrasse 14, A4010 Linz.
Primary responsibility: [Curator of] Kunstgewerbe, Musikinstrumentensammlung, Wafensammlung.
Open: 9-17, Th-Sa; 10-16, Su. Closed Christmas and 1 May.
Collection: about 250 instruments, mostly European, from the 16th through the 19th c., including strings and wind instruments. The Musikinstrumentensammlung is part of
Museum Francisco Carolinum's library.
History: The nucleus of the Musikinstrumentensammlung are the historically most interesting instruments from the Benedictine Abbey at Kremsmünster, which were given to the Oberösterreich Landesmuseum in 1836. The collection has been enlarged. It includes one of Beethoven's pianos: one made by Erard, Paris, 1803. It is on loan to the Sammlung alter Musikinstrumente, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Wien.
Services: tours, photography, library, archives.
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Governing organization: Primary responsibility: Direktor.
Open: 9-12, 13-17 daily, from Palm Sunday to 31 October.
Collection: 2 instruments: piano, Erard, 1852-53; organ, 1840, formerly in the Raiding Church.
History: The Liszt Museum was founded in 1911 in the birthplace of the composer.
Services: guided tours on request, taped performances, occasional concerts, autographs and other manuscripts by Liszt, first editions, etc.
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Governing organization: Niederösterreichisches Landesmuseum, Wien.
Primary responsibility: Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter.
Collection: a square piano by Erard Frères, Paris, 1809, and an inlaid grand piano, 1775-1800.
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Governing organization: Internationalen Stiftung Mozarteum, Schwarzstrasse 26, A-5020 Salzburg.
Primary responsibility: Wissenschaftlicher Leiter.
Open: Mozart-Wohnhaus: 10-17 daily, July-early September.
Mozart-Museum: 9-19 daily June, Sept; 9-20 July, August; 9-18 Oct, May.
Mozart-Wohnhaus Collection: 25 European art musical instruments of Mozart's time, along with documents about Mozart and his world, 1773-1780. The house was acquired by the Internationalen Stiftung Mozarteum in 1955 and established as a museum.
Mozart-Museum Collection: 5 instruments owned by Mozart and exhibited in his birthplace, which has been used as a museum since 1880. The house was acquired by the Stiftung in 1917. A theater-history museum is located on the first and second floors.
Services: guided tours through the Mozart-Museum by arrangement; also photographs, slides and publications sold there. Concerts in July and August at the Mozart-Wohnhaus. Reference library at Internationalen Stiftung Mozarteum.
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Primary responsibility: Freier Mitarbeiter.
Open: 9-17 Tu-Su; closed M.
Collection: about 450 musical instruments, mostly European art instruments, a group of which documents music in Salzburg during the Classical period when W.A. Mozart and Joseph Haydn were in the employ of the court of the archbishop. Notable instruments are: bass chalumeau, W. Kress, ca. 1700; colascione, ? Schorn, 1688; viola d'amore, Schorn 1761; harpsichord, Mayer, 1619; claviorganum, Zeiss, 1639; and a number of folk instruments: zithers, dulcimers, alphorns, etc. from the 18th and early 19th c.
History: The collection was begun about 1834 when the museum was founded by Maria Vinzenz Süss. A new building opened in 1967.
Services: exhibit of about 60 instruments; temporary exhibitions; guided tours; reference library; archives with musical autographs, iconographic and photographic collections; sound archives; photograph studio and services; and theater history collection.
Publications:
For Stainz. Volkskundliche Sammlung für Wirtschaft, Arbeit und Nahrung, Aussenstelle Stainz des Steirischen Volkskundemuseums (Abteilung des Landesmuseums), Schloss Stainz, A-8510 Stainz, see:- GRAZ (Stiermark). Stiermark es Landesmuseum Joanneum, Raubergasse 10, A-8010 Graz.
For Trautenfels. Landschaftsmuseum Schloss Trautenfels (Abteilung des Landesmuseums), A-8010 Trautenfels, see:- GRAZ (Stiermark). Stiermark es Landesmuseum Joanneum, Raubergasse 10, A-8010 Graz.
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Governing organization: Museumsverein.
Primary responsibility: Konservator.
Open: 10-12, first Sunday of each month; 18-20, first Thursday of each month;
and by appointment.
Information sent: 1994.
Collection: 8 bowed strings: 6 violins: J.U. Eberle, 1763, Josef Gschwend, 1985, Jakob Ägyd Petz, 1793, 2 by Dominikus Rief, 1798, 1806; violin, 1815, viola, 1792, Johann Georg Rief, contrabass Josef Matthäus Rief II, 1826; and the violin workshop and archives of the Rief family of violin makers.
History: The collection was partially acquired and partially loaned to the Museumsvereines Vils in 1993.
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Open: by appointment.
Information sent: 1994.
Collection: about 50 instruments, many from the area of Wien, including: 3 tranverse flutes, 6 clarinets, 3 bassoons, 6 trumpets and horns, 5 plucked strings (lute, mandolin, 18th- and 19th-c. guitars), kit, 4 Bohemian violins, 12 violins, violas, violoncelli and contrabasses, various bows, grand piano ca. 1830.
History: the collection was formed between 1950 and 1970 in connection with the study and cultivation of old music in the tradition of the school of Josef Mertin. One of the few exisiting arpeggiones is on loan to the Kunsthistorisches Museum's Sammlung alter Musikinstrumente.
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Governing organization: Militärwissenschaftliches Institut.
Primary responsibility: Wissenchaftlicher Mitarbeiter für Allgemeine Kulturgeschichte.
Open: 10-16 daily; closed Fridays, 1 January, Easter Sunday, 1 May, Whit Sunday, Corpus Christi, All Saints, All Souls, 24, 25, 31 December.
Collection: 45 military instruments: signal horns, trumpets, drums.
History: The museum is installed in the oldest state museum building, built between 1850-1856. In 1885 the court arms collection was transferred to the Kunsthistorisches Museum. In 1891 the Imperial Museum was opened in the Arsenal. During WW II the museum was badly damaged; it was reconstructed and reopened in 1955 as Heeresgischichtliches Museum (Museum of Military History).
Services: library with some books containing descriptions of musical instruments used in the Austrian Army.
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Primary responsibility: Leiter der Sammlung alter Musikinstrumente.
Open: 10-16 M, W-Sa, 9-16 Su; Tu closed.
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Primary responsibility: Direktor Hofrat. Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter.
Open: 9-16.30 daily; closed M, 1 January, 1 May, 25 December.
Museums with musical instruments: Beethoven-Gedenkstätte "Eroicahaus", Döblinger Hauptstrasse 92, A-1019 Wien.
Tel.: (0222) 36 91 424.
Beethoven-Gedenkstätte "Heiligenstädter Testament", Probusgasse 6, A-1019 Wien. Tel.: (0222) 34 54 08.
Beethoven-Gedenkstätte "Pasqualatihaus" und Adalbert-Stifter-Museum, Mölkerbastei 8, A-1010 Wien. Tel.: (0222) 63 70 665.
Haydn-Wohnhaus mit Brahms-Gedenkraum, Haydngasse 19, A-1060 Wien.
Tel.: (0222) 596 13 07.
Hours specific for this house: 10-12.15, 13-16.30 daily, including M.
Mozart-Wohnung (Figarohaus), Domgasse 5, A-1010 Wien. Tel.: (0222) 513 62 94.
Schubert-Museum (Geburtshaus), Nussdorfer Strasse 54, A-1090. Tel.: 34 59 924.
Schuberts Sterbezimmer, Kettenbrückengasse 6, A-1040 Wien.
Tel.: (0222) 34 59 924.
Johann-Strauss-Wohnung, Praterstrasse 4, A-1020 Wien. Tel.: (0222) 24 01 21.
Uhrenmuseum, Schulhof 2, A-1010 Wien. Tel.: (0222) 533 22 65.
Collection: includes a number of European art musical instruments, partially kept in storage; partly exhibited in the main museum: Historisches Museum der Stadt Wien, Karlsplatz, including Franz Guillparzer's and Joseph Lanner's pianos; and also in the commemorative residences of famous composers.
History: The museum was founded in 1887 to document Vienna's history, art and culture.
Services: bookshop
Publications:
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Primary responsibility: Direktor; Leiter der Musikinstrumente / Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter für Vorderaisen, Nordafrika.
Open: 10-13 M, W, Th, Sa; 14-19 F; 9-13 Su (9-16 May-Sept.)
Collection: about 4000 instruments: including some 50 European-type instruments made in other continents; ca. 1150 Africa; ca. 2000 Asia; ca. 500 America; ca. 300 Australia and Oceania. The collection includes the private collection of Rajah Sir Sourindro Mohun Tagore, presented in several parts toward the end of the 19th c.
History: The museum was founded in 1928 from collections begun as early as 1806 by Kaiser Franz 1 (with the purchase in London of some of Capt. James Cook's South Sea expedition collections). In 1924 the state collections were separated and the Naturhistorischen Museum established in the Hofburg; in 1926 the Ethnographischen Abteilung was created, and in 1928 the first exhibition rooms of the new Museums für Volkerkunde were opened. After WW II, the two museums were rejoined into a single institution: the Museum für Volkerkunde.
The departments are organized by cultural and / or geographical area.
Services: Exhibitions within the general ethnographical collections, recorded musical examples. Lectures, reference library, archives, and photograph collections.
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Open: 9-17 T-F, 9-14 Sa, 9-12 Su.
Collection: 2 trumpets by A. and I. Kerner, Vienna, 1810, once used for ceremonies of the "Niederösterreichische Stände" (Estates of Lower Austria);
and a number of Austrian folk instruments. Joseph Haydn's birth-house, Rohrau, Niederösterreich is also part of the Niederösterreichisches Landesmuseum's collections.
Rohrau, Niederösterreich: Joseph Haydn's birthplace (a museum belonging to the Niederösterreichisches Landesmuseum) contains a square piano by Erard Frères, Paris, 1809, and an inlaid grand piano, 1775-1800.
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Primary responsibility: Leiter der Musiksammlung.
Open: 9-16.30, Tu-Su.
Collection: major groups of instrs.: Viennese keyboards since 1780; mechanical musical instruments.
History: Museum was founded in 1918.
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AMBRAS bei INNSBRUCK (Tirol)
Sammlungen Schloss Ambras, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Schloss-Strasse 20
A-6020 Innsbruck. National art museum with musical instruments.
Tel.: (0512) 48 446 / 41 215.
- Walter Senn. Musik und Theater am Hof zu Innsbruck: Geschichte der Hofkapelle vom 15. Jahrhundert bis ... 1748. Innsbruck: Österreichische Verlagsanstalt, 1954.
BAD AUSSEE
Ausseer Kammerhofmuseum, Abteilung für Volksmusik, Chlumeckyplatz 1, A-8990 Bad Aussee. Postal address: Rathaus, Hauptstrasse 48, A-8990 Bad Aussee.
Tel: (0043) 3622, 525-1121.Fax: (0043) 525-1127.
- Konrad Mautner. Steirisches Raspelwerk. Wien, 1910.
- Josef Klima. Ausgewählte Werke aus der Ausseer Gitarretabulatur des 18. Jahrhundert. Musik alter Meister, 10. Graz, 1958.
- Gerlinda Haid, "Musikhandschriften und Musizierpraxis im Ausseerland", Musikethnologische Sammelbände 1. Graz, 1977.
- Ernst Nowotny. "Die Erlebnisse der Ausseer Pfeiferlbaum in der Kaiserstadt Wien", Schriftenreihe des Kammerhofmuseums, Band 2, 1978.
BREGENZ (Vorarlberg)
Vorarlberger Landesmuseum, Kornmarkt 1, A-6900 Bregenz (Voralberger).
Provincial museum. Tel.: (05574) 26050.
- Jahrbuch des Vorarlberger Landesmuseumsvereins, Bregenz, 1857-.
- Schriftendes Voralberger Landesmuseums.
- Musik in Bodenseeraum um 1600, Bregenz, 1974. (Special exhibition catalogue.)
EISENSTADT (Burgenland)
Haydn-Museum, Haydngasse, 21, A-7000 Eisenstadt. Provincial museum with musical instruments. Tel.: (2682) 2652.
Burgenländischen Landesmuseum, Museumsgasse 5, A-7000 Eisenstadt (Burgenland).
Tel.: (2682) 2715. Responsible for Haydn-Museum, and Liszt-Museum in Raiding.
- Illustrated catalogue of the Haydn-Museum (in German and English).
Aus dem Hayden-Haus, Haydn piano sontatas in G and A, Hob. XVI 27, 26; Franz Eibner on piano by Anton Walter, Wien, 1780.
GRAZ (Stiermark)
Stiermark es Landesmuseum Joanneum, Raubergasse 10, A-8010 Graz. Provincial group of museums with musical instruments. Tel.: (0316) 70 31-24 54.
- Gerhard Stradner. Musikinstrumente in Grazer Sammlungen. Tabulae Musicae Austriacae Band XI. Wien: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1986.
- Andorfer 1952. Eduard Andorfer. Ausstellung des Stadtmuseums. Graz, 1952.
- Beiträge zur Aufführungspraxis 1-3. Hrsg. Vera Schwarz. Graz, 1972, 1973. Wien, 1975.
- Habsburg 1883. Catalog der Ausstellung culturhistorischer Gegenstände veranstaltet zur Feier der 600 jährigen Regierung des Hauses Habsburg in der Steiermark. Graz, 1883.
- Haiding 1969. Karl Haiding, "Das Landschaftmuseum Schloss Trautenfels", in Festschrift 150 Jahre Joanneum. Graz, 1969, 255-260.
- Haiding 1974. Karl Haiding, "Nachweise steieischer Volksmusik im Landshaftsmuseum Schloss Trautenfels", in Jahresbrericht 1973. Landesmuseum Joanneum Graz. Graz, 1974, 155-167.
- Kellner Bilderführer [n.d.]. Landesmsueum Joanneum Schloss Eggenberg. Kellner Bilderführer. Mürzzuschlag [n.d.].
- Krenn 1974. Peter Krenn. Das Steiermärkischen Landeszeughauses in Graz. Graz, 1974.
- Kryza-Gersch [n.d.]. Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz Schloss Eggenberg. Hrsg. Friedrich Kryza-Gersch. Graz [n.d.].
- Lucas 1915. Georg A. Lukas, Das Bürgerkorpsmuseum in Graz. Graz, 1915.
- Meran 1969. Philipp Meran. "Das Steirische Jagdmuseum", in Festschrift 150 Jahre Joanneum. Graz, 1969, 213-223.
- Meran [n.d.]. Philipp Meran. Das Jagdmuseumin Schloss Eggenberg. [Broschüre der Witschaft- und Fremdenverkehrswerbung.] Graz, [n.d.]
- Modrijan 1969. Walter Modrijan, "Das Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte und die Münzsammlung", in Festschrift 150 Jahre Joanneum. Graz, 1969, 59-119.
- Musik-Theaterwesen 1892. Fachkatalog der Musikhistorischen Abteilung. Internationale Ausstellung für Musik- und Theaterwesen. Wien, 1892.
- Schaffler 1969. Maris Schaffler. "Das Stadtmuseum", in Festschrift 150 Jahre Joanneum. Graz, 1969, 239-224.
- Schwarz 1953. Otto Schwarz. Das Steiermärkische Landeszeughaus in Graz. Graz, 1953, 1971.
- Smola 1969. Gertrud Smola, "Das Museum für Kulturgeschichte und Kunstgewerbe seit dem Jahre 1911", in Festschrift 150 Jahre Joanneum. Graz, 1969, 121-140.
- Sowinski 1940. Hans Sowinski, "Steirische Volksmusikinstrumente", in Musik im Ostalpenraum. Das Joanneum (1940), 3: 188-202.
- Stradner 1976/1. Gerhard Stradner, "Die Musikinstrumente im Steiermärkischen Landeszeughaus in Graz", in Trommeln und Pfeifen.... Veröffentlichungen des Landeszeughauses Graz 6. Graz, 1976, 7-36.
- Stradner 1977. Gerhard Stradner, "Volksmusikinstrumente in Steierischen Sammlungen", in orträge Graz und Seggau 1973-1977. Musikethnologische Sammelbände. Hrsg. Wolfgang Suppan. Graz, 1977, 141-148.
- Walter 1969. Sepp Walter, "Das Steirische Volkskundemuseum in den Jahren 1913-1961", in Festschrift 150 Jahre Joanneum. Graz, 1969, 205-212.
- Weiss-Eberhart 1979. Handbuch der Museen und Sammlungen in der Steiermark. Hrsg. Dieter Weiss, Helmut Eberhart. Graz, 1979.
- Wünsch 1969. Walter Wünsch, Die Volksmusikinstrumente der Steiermark", in Bulletin de l'Institut de Musique. [Sofia, 1969.] 13: 75-78.
- Habsburg 1883. Musik-Theaterwesen 1892. Sowinski 1940. Smola 1969. Stradner 1977. Stradner 1986.
- Schawarz 1953. Krenn 1969. Krenn 1974. Stradner 1976/1. Stradner 1977. Stradner 1983 /1. Holl 1984.
- Sowinski 1940. Walter 1969. Wünsch 1969. Stradner 1977.
- Modrijan 1969. Kellner-Bilderführer; Kryza-Gersch [n.d.]
- Meran 1969. Stradner 1977. Meran [n.d.]; Kellner-Bildführer; Kryza-Gersch [n.d.]
- Stradner 1977. Weiss-Eberhart 1979, 163 ff.
- Haiding 1969. Haiding 1974. Weiss-Eberhart 1979, 170-175.
- Lukas 1915. Andorfer 1952. Schaffler 1969. Stradner 1977. Weiss-Eberhart 1979, 73 ff.
GRAZ (Steiermärk)
Diözesanmuseum, Mariahilferplatz 3 (Minoritenkloster), A-8010 Graz. Tel: (0316) 91 39 94.
- Stradner 1977. Weiss-Eberhart 1979, 68.
GRAZ (Steiermärk)
Institut für Aufführungspraxis der Hochschule für Musik und darstellende Kunst in Graz, Leonhardstrasse 15, A-8010 Graz. Tel: (0316) 32 054 / 507.
- Beiträge zur Aufführungspraxis; Stradner 1977.
INNSBRUCK, Tirol, see also AMBRAS bei INNSBRUCK
INNSBRUCK, Tirol
Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum, Musiksammlung, Museumstrasse 15, and
Zeughausgasse 1, A-6020 Innsbruck. Provincial museum with a musical instruments collection. Tel.: (0512) 59 489. Fax: (05222) 594 8988.
- Frans Waldner, "Verzeichnis der Musikinstrumente in der Sammling des Museum Ferdinandeum", in Zeitschrift des Ferdinandeums für Tirol und Vorarlberg. 3. Folge, Bd.59. Innsbruck, 1915.
- Führer durch das Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum.... Innsbruck, 1933.
- Walter Senn, Inventar der Musikinstrumente des Tiroler Landesmuseums Ferdinandeum. Erwerbungen von 1854 bis einschliesslich 1973. Ms.
- Walter Pass, "Die Instrumentensammlung des Tiroler Landesmuseums Ferdinandeum", in Österreichische Musikzeitschrift (1970) 25: 693-698.
KREMSMÜNSTER, Oberösterreich
Regenterei Stiftes Krumsmünster, A-4550 Kremsmünster. Collection belonging to the Benedictine Abbey of Kremsmünster. Tel.: (07583) 2470 / 3610
- "Ein Instrumenteninventar des Stiftes Kremsmünster aufgenommen im Jahre 1747 durch Josef Kinninger und Ignatius Dansky", [summarized in] Monatshefte für Musikgeschichte (1888) 20: 109-110.
- Altman Kellner. Musikgeschichte des Stiftes Kremsmünster. Kassel, Basel: Bärenreiter Verlag, 1956.
KLOSTERNEUBURG
Collection: notable above all for the musical instruments from the area around Wien
LINZ, Oberösterreich
Oberösterreichisches Landesmuseum, Schloss Linz, Tummelplatz 10, A-4010 Linz. Provincial museum with a collection of musical instruments.
Tel.: (0732) 274 419 / 274 410 / 274 482 / 274 483 / 274 484.
- Othmar Wessely, "Die Musikinstrumentensammlung des Oberösterreichischen Landesmuseums", in Kataloge des Oberösterreichischen Landesmuseums, Linz (1951-52), Nr. 9.
- Brigitte Wied-Heinzl, "Die Musikinstrumentensammlung des Oberösterreichischen Landesmuseums, eine Ergänzung zu Othmar Wessely", in Jahrbuch des Oberösterreichischen Musealvereines, Linz (1981), 126.
- [also forthcoming catalogue by Phillip T. Young].
RAIDING (Burgenland)
Liszt-Museum, Lisztstrasse 46, A-7321 Raiding. Provincial museum with musical instruments. Tel.: (2619) 7220.
Burgenländischen Landesmuseum, Museumsgasse 5, A-7000 Eisenstadt (Burgenland).
Tel.: (2682) 2715.
This museum is responsible for Haydn-Museum, Eisenstadt, and Liszt-Museum, Raiding.
- Illustrated catalogue of the Liszt-Museum.
ROHRAU, Niederösterreich
Joseph Haydn-Gedenkstätte im Geburtshaus des Komponisten [Joseph Haydn's birthplace memorial], A-2471 Rohrau, Niederösterreich. House museum with musical instruments.
- Haydn-Gedenkstätte Rohrau. Katalog. Niederösterreichisches Landesmuseums, Neue Folge Nr. 154. Wien [n.d.]
- Joseph Haydn und seine Zeit, Ausstellung in Schloss Petronell. Wien: Nö. Landesmuseums, 1959.
SALZBURG
Mozart-Wohnhaus, Makartplatz 8, A-5020 Salzburg. Tel.: (0622) 748 973.
Mozart-Museum, Getreidegasse 9, A-5020 Salzburg. Tel.: (0622) 876 070.
Private foundation administering the Mozart birthplace, and the Mozart-Museum, each with musical instruments.
- Kinsky, Georg, "Die Klaviere im Mozart-Museum", Zeitschrift für Instrumentenbau (1933-34) 54: 322-325.
- Hans Schurich. W.A. Mozarts Original-Instrumente im Mozart-Museum zu Salzburg. Salzburg: Internationalen Stiftung Mozarteum, 1960.
- Géza Rech. Mozart Memorials in Salzburg. Salzburg,
- Géza Rech. Visiting Mozart. Salzburg: Mozart-Museum, 1969.
- "Diebstahl in Mozarts Wohnhaus in Salzburg", Musica (1972), 26: 380.
SALZBURG
Salzburger Museum Carolino Augusteum, Musikinstrumentensammlung, Museumplatz 6, Postfach 525, A-5020 Salzburg. Municipal and provincial museum with musical instruments collection. Tel.: (0662) 84 11 34.Fax: (0662) 84 11 34 10.
- Maria Vinzenz Süss, "Die Instrumenten-Stube im Museum Carolino Augusteum zu Salzburg", in Jahres-Bericht des vaterländischen Museums Carolino Augusteum der Landeshauptstadt Salzburg (1865), pp. 55-65.
- [Eberhard Fugger.] Das Museum Carolino Augusteum in Salzburg, 1833-1908. Salzburg, 1908. Chapter VI. "Musikhalle", p. 29ff.
- Karl Geiringer. Alte Musikinstrumente im Museum Carolino Augusteum Salzburg. Führer und beschreibendes Verzeichnis. Leipzig, Breitkopf u. Härtel, 1932.
- Franz Fuhrmann, "Ein neues Mozartklavier im Salzburger Museum Carolino Augusteum", Salzburger Museum Carolino Augusteum, Jahresschrift (1956) I: 23-29.
- Josef Gassner, "Die Musikaliensammlung im Salzburger Museum Carolino Augusteum", Salzburger Museum Carolino Augusteum, Jahresschrift (1962) VII: 119-365.
- John Henry van der Meer, "Die Kielklaviere im Salzburger Museum", Museum Carolino Augusteum, Jahresschrift (1966-67), XII-XIII: 83-96.
- Kurt Birsak, "Die Sammlung alter Musikinstrumente im Salzburger Museum Carolino Augusteum", Österreichische Musikzeitschrift (1970) 25: 390-403.
- Birsak, "Die Holzblasinstrumente im Salzburger Museum Carolino Augusteum", Museum Carolino Augusteum, Jahresschrift 1972 (1973), 18: 5-152.
- Birsak, "Anmerkungen zu den Volksmusikinstrumenten im Salzburger Museum Carolino Augusteum, besonders zur Bundanordnung der alpenländischen Zither", Die Volksmusik im Lande Salzburg, Schriften zur Volksmusik (1975), 4: 199-217.
- Birsak, "Die Blechblasinstrumente im Salzburger Museum Carolino Augusteum", Museum Carolino Augusteum, Jahresschrift 1976 (1976), 22: 7-101.
- Birsak, Gerhard Walterskirchen, "Die Orgelinstrumente im Salzburger Museum Carolino Augusteum", Museum Carolino Augusteum, Jahresschrift (1977-78), (1978) XXIII-XXIV: 57-85.
- Birsak, "Salzburger Klaviere", Museum Carolino Augusteum Jahresschrift 1988 (1990), 34: 8-176.
VILS
Museum der Stadt Vils, Museumsverein, Stadtgasse 17, A-6682 Vils. House museum with an Abteilung für Vilser Geigenbau (Department of Vilsner Violinbuilding).Tel.: (05677) 8290.Fax: (05672) 24 88 14.
- Hildegard Herrmann-Schneider. "Die Lauten- und Geigenmacher vom Ausserfern -- Meister der Geigenbaukunst in Europä, in Künstler, Händler, Handwerker. Tiroler Schwaben in Europa. Katalog Tiroler Landesausstellung 1989. Innsbruck, 1989, pp. 358-399.
- Hildegard Hermann-Schneider. Die Musikhandschriften der Pfarrkirche und der Musikkapelle Vils. Thematischer Katalog. Beiträge zur Musikforschung in Tirol, Band 2. Innsbruck, 1993.
WIEN (VIENNA)
Private collection i the Wien area. Those with a serious purpose wishing to visit the collection may contact: Kunsthistorisches Museum, Sammlung alter Musikinstrumente, Neue Burg, A-1010 Wien. Tel.: (0222) 93 45 41 / 93 06 20.
WIEN (VIENNA)
Heeresgeschichtliches Museum, Arsenal, Objekt 1, A-1030 Wien.
National museum with musical instruments. Tel.: (0222) 78 23 03 / 05.
WIEN (VIENNA)
Kunsthistorisches Museum (Sammlung alter Musikinstrumente), Neue Burg, A-1010 Wien. National art museum with musical instruments collection.
Tel.: (0222) 93 45 41 / 93 06 20.
WIEN (VIENNA)
Museen der Stadt Wien, Karlsplatz, A-1040 Wien 4. Private group of history museums with musical instruments among the collections. Tel.: (0222) 505 8747-0.
- FleZiWiCsa` & Co. -- Die Wiener Operette [special exhibition], 1984-85.
- Musik im mittelalterlichen Wien [special exhibition], 1986-87.
- Hundert Jahre Historisches Museum der Stadt Wien [special exhibition], 1987.
- Katalog: Die Beethoven-Gedenkstätten der Museen der Stadt Wien, Japanese: 1983, English: 1986, German: 1988.
- Katalog: Johann-Strauss-Wohnung, 1978, English tr. 1986.
- Katalog: Haydn-Museum, 1987 [in German and English].
- Katalog: Mozart-Wohnung, 1987 [in German, English, French].
- Katalog: Die Schubert-Gedenkstätten der Museen der Stadt Wien, English: 1983; German: 1985.
WIEN (VIENNA)
Museum für Völkerkunde, Neue Burg, A-1010 Wien. National museum of popular and traditional arts with a collection of musical instruments.
Tel.: (0222) 57 62 11 / 57 62 33.
- Das Theater in den aussereuropäischen Kulturen: Ausstellung...mit Unterstützung der österreichischen UNESCO-Kommission. Wien, 1959.
- Alfred Janata. Ausseuropäische Musikinstrumente. Ausstellungskatalog. Vienna, 1961.
- Hans Manndorff, etc. Tanz bei fremden Völkern. Fotoausstellung. Wien, 1961.
- Alfred Janata, etc. Aussereuropäische Musikinstrumente und Schallgeräte: Systematik und Themenbeispiele. Wien: Sammlungskatalog des Museums für Vökerkunde: 1975.
- Alfred Janata, C.F. Feest, P. Kann, H. Theisen. Musikinstrumente der Völker. Sonderausstellungen. Wien, 1975.
- Musikinstrumente fremder Völker. Sparkasse Herzogenburg. Wien, 1977.
- Musikinstrumente fremder Völker. Sparkasse Traismauer. Wien, 1977.
- Musikinstrumente fremder Völker. Sparkasse Wölbling. Wien, 1977.
- Japanisches Theater. Österreichisches Theatermuseum. Wien, 1979.
- W. Warthol, J. Wirgin. Qin Shihuang Di, der erste Kaiser von China, und sein Heer aus Ton. Wien, 1985.
WIEN (VIENNA)
Niederösterreichisches Landesmuseum, Herrengasse 9, A-1014 Wien. General museum. Public museum with musical instruments. Tel.: (0222) 53 110.
- Niederösterreichisches Barockmuseum Schloss Heiligenkreuz-Gutenbrunn. Katalog des Niederösterreichisches Landesmuseums Neue Folge Nr. 16. Wien, 1964.
WIEN (VIENNA)
Technisches Museum für Industrie und Gewerbe mit Österreichischem Eisenbahnmuseum und Post- und Telegraphenmuseum, Mariahilferstrasse 212, A-1140 Wien. National science museum with musical instruments department.
Tel.: (0222)81 10 10. Fax: (0222) 894 3105.