Collection of old musical instruments
The collection of old musical instruments (SAM) of the Kunsthistorisches Museum (KHM) is an important musical instrument collection in Vienna .
history
The collection of old musical instruments has two older predecessors, the collection of Ferdinand II of Tyrol in the Kunstkammer at Ambras Castle and the collection of the Obizzi family at Catajo Castle near Padua . The Obizzische collection was transferred to Vienna in 1870 and came into the possession of the Austrian heir to the throne Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Este . After his assassination in 1914, the various collections were combined by Julius von Schlosser in 1916 as an independent collection and exhibition area of the then art history collections of the very highest imperial family. In 1919 the former imperial collections were taken over by the state. Part of the collection, which now comprises more than 400 instruments, was exhibited in the Palais Pallavicini from 1939 . The collections of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna (GDM) and the Rothschild Collection were incorporated into the collection of old musical instruments under National Socialist leadership . After the war-related relocation, a new installation began in the spring of 1947 in the premises of the Neue Burg . In 1988, deficiencies in the technical and climatic conditions forced a profound structural renovation and the temporary closure of the exhibition. When it was reorganized in 1993, a concept was pursued that was based on the musical history. Each of the twelve exhibition halls is assigned to a music-historical era or a musical personality. After renewed renovation work, the collection has been open again since September 24, 2018. A move in connection with the search for a location for the House of History Austria is no longer planned.
Collection holdings
The collection of old musical instruments has one of the world's most important collections of Renaissance and Baroque instruments. It also stores numerous instruments that were used by famous musicians and composers such as B. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , Clara Schumann , Franz Liszt and Gustav Mahler were played. The special focus of the collection includes a comprehensive compilation of Viennese pianos , Jacob Stainer's stringed instruments and Renaissance woodwind instruments .
Collection heads and directors
- Julius von Schlosser , head of the collection of old musical instruments (1916–1922)
- Management by the respective curator of the collection for sculpture and applied arts (1922–1938)
- Heinrich Klapsia, head of the collection of old musical instruments (1939–1943)
- Viktor Luithlen , director (1943–1952), then director of the collection of old musical instruments (1952–1966)
- Bruno Thomas, administrative head of the collection (1967–1971)
- Kurt Wegerer, director of the collection (1971–1981)
- Gerhard Stradner , director of the collection (1981–1999)
- Rudolf Hopfner, director of the collection since 2000
literature
- Beatrix Darmstädter, Rudolf Hopfner, Alfons Huber: The collection of old musical instruments of the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna - The first 100 years: Volume of reports on the Zentenar Symposium. Praesens Verlag, Vienna 2018, ISBN 3706909391 .
- Stephan Tourmalin: The collection of old musical instruments of the Kunsthistorisches Museum. Mandelstamm, Vienna 2018, ISBN 9783854768210 .
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