Strauss Villa (Garmisch-Partenkirchen)
The Strauss Villa is the home of the German composer Richard Strauss in the Upper Bavarian market of Garmisch-Partenkirchen .
history
Between 1907 and 1908, the Art Nouveau architect Emanuel von Seidl built the villa on the property at Zoeppritzstraße 42 in Garmisch. Richard Strauss preferred Garmisch to the neighboring town of Partenkirchen because it is more shady. The family used the house as a summer retreat from 1908 and a little later as a permanent residence. The two-storey building was created by Emanuel von Seidl as a historicizing hipped roof building with a set oriel tower, dwelling houses, plastered and natural stone integration. The architect implemented the requirements specified by Richard and Pauline Strauss. The building is a listed building on the basis of the Monument Protection Act of October 1, 1973, the file number is D-1-80-117-262.
Current condition
Directly behind the front is the loggia on the ground floor on the left , next to it the dining room and a bay window that Strauss used as a skat room. Von Seidl kept the dining room entirely in larch wood , and there are numerous faience and reverse glass paintings on the walls . This room and the adjoining bay window became known to a wider public when they were recreated in 1924 for the set of the autobiographical opera Intermezzo . Numerous reverse glass pictures and hunting trophies of the son Franz adorn the anteroom and the stairwell. The utility rooms are to the left of the anteroom and the salon to the right of it .
The salon was created through an extension in the twenties. It contains numerous paintings, including an oil painting by Max Liebermann and showcases with precious glasses. The wall paneling in the adjoining room is modeled on a space in the Munich Pinakothek . The library and numerous memorabilia are housed here. The memorabilia includes a Rosenkavalier figurine by Alfred Roller and Strauss' first composition, the “Schneider Polka ” , as well as orders, commemorative coins, certificates for honorary doctorates and honorary citizenships that Strauss received, manuscripts from Mozart , Beethoven , Wagner and a letter from Richard Strauss Giuseppe Verdi . The special pieces include a porcelain copy of the great equestrian monument in Dresden , a gift from the city of Dresden on his 75th birthday and a richly decorated conductor's baton that Strauss received from the city of Vienna on his 80th birthday.
The study is also on the ground floor. Almost all works since Elektra were made in this room . The architect designed this space entirely in cherry wood and houses many large cupboards with many boxes and drawers. In the room there is a tailor-made grand piano from the Westphalian piano company Ibach , a Strauss bust by Hugo Lederer , a Strauss bust by Willibald Glucks and a Strauss portrait by Viktor Krausz showing the composer as conductor of the Vienna State Opera . The study library houses historical works as well as German classics. The bedrooms were on the first floor, today an archive is housed in the rooms. Richard Strauss' death room has now been set up as a memorial.
See also
literature
- Wilhelm Neu, Volker Liedke: Upper Bavaria . Ed .: Michael Petzet , Bavarian State Office for the Preservation of Monuments (= Monuments in Bavaria . Volume I.2 ). Oldenbourg, Munich 1986, ISBN 3-486-52392-9 .
Web links
- Bavarian Monument Atlas (cartographic representation of the Bavarian architectural and ground monuments by the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation (BLfD) )
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Richard Strauss private. (PDF; 68 kB) (No longer available online.) Richardstrauss.at, archived from the original on October 29, 2013 ; Retrieved January 6, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Coordinates: 47 ° 29 ′ 38.6 " N , 11 ° 4 ′ 34.1" E