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| Wiener Musikverein | |
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.JPG) View of the Musikverein from Karlsplatz | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Concert hall |
| Architectural style | Neoclassical |
| Town or city | Vienna |
| Country | Austria |
| Coordinates | 48°12′02″N 16°22′20″E / 48.20056°N 16.37222°E |
| Current tenants | Vienna Philharmonic |
| Inaugurated | 6 January 1870 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Theophil Hansen |
| Website | |
| musikverein.at | |
The Wiener Musikverein (German: [ˌviːnɐ muˈziːkfɐ̯ˌaɪn] or German: [ˌviːnɐ muˈziːkfəˌʁaɪn]; German for 'Viennese Music Association'), commonly shortened to Musikverein, is a concert hall in Vienna, Austria, which is located in the Innere Stadt district. The building opened in 1870 and is the home of the Vienna Philharmonic orchestra.
The acoustics of the building's 'Great Hall' (Großer Saal) have earned it recognition alongside other prominent concert halls, such as the Konzerthaus in Berlin, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam and Symphony Hall in Boston.[1] With the exception of Boston's Symphony Hall,[2][3] none of these halls was built in the modern era with the application of architectural acoustics, and all share a long, tall and narrow shoebox shape.
- ^ Long, Marshall, "What is So Special About Shoebox Halls? Envelopment, Envelopment, Envelopment", Acoustics Today, April 2009, pp. 21–25.
- ^ "The History of Symphony Hall". Boston Symphony Orchestra. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
- ^ Gerrit Petersen; Steven Ledbetter & Kimberly Alexander Shilland (26 June 1998). "National Historic Landmark Nomination: Symphony Hall [Boston]" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 12 April 2020.[page needed]