Viennese house music
Viennese house music emerged in Vienna at the beginning of the 18th century as a new wave of patronage that had an impact on the musical life of the city. The aristocratic patrons of art repeatedly invited musicians and bands to their castles, where they usually performed new compositions in front of a select audience.
While originally it was almost only the imperial court where music found a foster home (for example through the founding of the court music band by Maximilian I or operas under Leopold I and Charles VI ), the love of music gradually increased and lower nobility over. So appeared Haydn , Mozart and even Beethoven among their aristocratic patrons. The characteristic flower of this closer connection between artists and the nobility is primarily chamber music . At the beginning of the 19th century, this hobby expanded among the middle class and reached its peak in the Biedermeier period. A hallmark of this house music is its easy playability and a small line-up.
literature
- Gerda Lechleitner: House music. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 2, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2003, ISBN 3-7001-3044-9 .