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13 Stories and Questions: All about the Little Music Trail (Kleine Leipziger Notenspur)

___ www.notenspur-leipzig.de What is the Notenspur, Rules: How to Use the Discovery Pass Who knows, maybe on the historic streets or Music Trail? or in the historic houses you will meet this or that musician from the time when it all You will fi nd 13 stories as well as 13 riddles began… Certainly you already know that they call and 13 bonus questions in your Discovery Hello! Leipzig the City of Music. Many famous Pass. Words that will probably be new to musicians and composers lived, worked and you are marked with (an arrow symbol) and studied in our city. Some of them were born clarifi ed in a glossary beginning on the page Hello, discoverer! here in Leipzig, for others it became their 28. Fill in your answers on the page 32. Then fi nal resting place. rip the page out and hand it in at one of the Would you like to be taken on a very special The Leipzig Music Trail connects some of Stations marked with (a Toni symbol). It‛s tour through our city? Your answer is “yes”? the places where famous composers lived there that you will fi nd out if you responded Well, then discover the music world with the and worked in a city tour, on which you will to the questions correctly. And if you did, mascot Toni - join him on the Little Leipzig learn a lot about the City of Music. It will you will be rewarded! But keep in mind: it is Music Trail! be exciting to hear stories about musicians, valid only if it is an original answer sheet. You like to listen to music, maybe you sing in their families and their children. With the Have fun! a choir, in a school band or maybe you play help of the Discovery Pass („Entdeckerpass“) ____ a musical instrument? Then you will also be you can solve riddles or listen to musical sce- interested in fi nding out how it all started. nes adapted for children via phone at some Good to know: Follow these trails Please don‛t be surprised, we didn‛t forget Who were the Superstars 300 years back? made of stainless of the stations of the Little Leipzig Music anything: the stations of the Little Leip- Where and how did they live? Did they have steel! They are built Trail. zig Music Trail have the same numbers as children? Or friends? What did their instru- the stations of the main Music Trail. Not into the ground and ments look like? every station offers activities for child- show you the way! ____ ren, so you won‛t fi nd the following station This little book will transfer you back in To fi nd out more, visit us on numbers in the Discovery Pass: 4, 6, 9, 12, time while you are searching for exciting and www.notenspur-leipzig.de 14, 16, 17, 19, 20 and 22. unusual stories. Little Leipzig Music Trail – a musical discovery Station 01 “citizen” speaks foritself:noking rules Just likethe word“Gewandhaus”,the word Leipzig. often onyourtouraround themusicalcityof You willcomeacrossthe word„citizen“quite in theworld. Orchestra“ -theoldest citizens‛orchestra there weremembersofthe„Gewandhaus their cloth.Themusiciansthatperformed place whereclothmerchantsusedtokeep clothing, andtheGewandhaususedtobea to giveconcertsthere.„Gewand“means red attheFairHouseofClothMerchants more than200yearsago,musiciansgathe- history ofthebuilding,namelythatearlier, concert hall!Butittellsusalotaboutthe Gewandhaus? Whatafunnynamefor Gewandhaus tell –theNew What anamecan Music Trail. one later,if youfollowtheLittleLeipzig cloth merchants.Youwill comeacrossthat front ofyoucannotbe the formerhouseof You surelyunderstand that thebuildingin why theycallitacitizen musicculture. played andalsopaidthe musicians.That‛s Leipzig citizensselectedmusicpiecestobe housesbuilt. and foundedconcertassociationsorhad their freetime-music.Theygottogether wanted toexperiencesomethingbeautifulin instance, merchantswhoprosperedand inhabitants –citizens.Thesewere,for here, butthingsaredecidedbythecity to 1911. lived from1860 was bornin1941. Sighard Gille Good toknow: ____ D D C C B B A ans? Youcanreadthenamefromoutside. “forefathers” oftheGewandhausmusici- was namedafterthem.Whowerethese cians. TherestaurantattheGewandhaus In 147 QUESTION: 9 theCityemployeditsfi rstmusi- (Nachtwächter) Night watchmen fi edler) Community fi ddlers (Gemeinde- Town pipers(Stadtpfeiffer) (Dorfbläser) Village windinstrumentplayers cially beautiful andsolemn. whole building isilluminated,itlooks espe- (“Song oftheEarth”).At night,whenthe Mahler‛s composition“Lied vonderErde” zig artistSighardGille, inspiredbyGustav of Life”),whichwaspainted bytheLeip- ceiling painting“Gesang vomLeben”(Melody the frontwindows,youwilldiscoverahuge delssohn Bartholdy.Ifyoulookthrough which wasnamedaftercomposerFelixMen- There isalsoasmallerhall(500seats), well. 000 spectators.Ithasgotabigorganas large concerthall,whichcanseatalmost2 concert housein1981.Insideyouwillseea This magnifi centbuildingwasopenedasa Leipzig paintermentioned. of thefi rstnameofthe keyword isthefi rstletter The 3rdletterofthe BONUS QUESTION: Station 02 ner performed thiscompositionwiththeBerli- → ther presentedhimwithacopyofBach‛s When hewas15yearsold,hisgrandmo- role modelswasJohannSebastianBach. musical familyinBerlin.Oneofhisbiggest Felix MendelssohnBartholdygrewupina music withthe GewandhausOrchestra under famous musicianscame toLeipzigplay even thoughhewasonly 26yearsold.Many became theGewandhaus MusicDirector, Mendelssohn cametoLeipzig in1835and music wascontagious. “ St MatthewPassion → Singakademie. HispassionforBach‛s House the Mendelssohn musical history– Flowers, notesand ”. 5yearslaterhe which youcan seelaterontheLittle Leipzig established theworld‛sfi rstBachmonument, of Bach‛slegacyremained verystrong.He Mendelssohn‛s commitment tothepromotion (Later youwillfi ndoutwhoshewas.) pianist, interaliatogether withClaraWieck. conductor‛s batonaside toperformasa his direction.Sometimeshewouldput to 1847. lived from1809 sohn Bartholdy Felix Mendels- Good toknow: ____ D C B A flower isit? named afterhim.Haveyoufoundit?What the gardenofMendelssohnHousewas ture andlovedbeingoutdoors.Aflower in Felix MendelssohnBartholdyadmiredna- QUESTION: Forget-me-not Carnation Tulip Rose um. Mendelssohn‛s formerhouseisnowamuse- music inthe often theyhadguestsandthenplayed are standinginfrontofrightnow.Quite lived from1845to1847inthehouseyou The composer,hiswifeandtheir5children Mendelssohn Bartholdy. vatoire, wasnamedafteritsfounderFelix Musik undTheater,ortheLeipzigConser- since then.TheLeipzigerHochschulefür number ofsimilarschoolshaveappeared institution ofthiskindinGermany.Agreat zig in1843.Itwasthefi rsthighereducation he foundedtheMusicConservatoryinLeip- Having receivedexcellenteducationhimself, several languagesandwasagreatpainter. also playedviolin,pianoandorgan,spoke Apart fromcomposingandconductinghe Mendelssohn wastalentedinmanyways. is the12th letter ofthekeyword. Th BONUS QUESTION: e beginningletterofBach‛s middlename → salon. Thefi rst oorof fl Station 03 a pianoteacher, hisfatherwasamerchant. and 4siblings.His motherwasapianist and in Bergen,acityNorway, withhisparents there wasalittleboycalled Edvard.Helived maybe justalittlebit. So, onceuponatime Onceuponatime…It isnofairytale,but why wouldaNorwegian overwinterhere? is notthatwarminLeipzigeither,butthen is verycoldandcloudythereinwinter.It Norway isacountryinNorthernEurope.It accompanied himduringhisvisitstoLeipzig. sic publisheris.)Thecomposer‛swifeNina Peters. (Lateryouwillfi ndoutwhatamu- were theownersofmusicpublisherC.F. Max AbrahamandHenriHinrichsen,who a winterinthishouse.Hewasguestof One composerfromNorwayspentmany Memorial Centre tale –theGrieg Music andfairy Leipzig tostudyatthe and itwasdecided:“Edvard,youaregoingto the violinistandEdvard‛sparentshadatalk the pianoforhim.Whenhefi nishedplaying, – visitedEdvard‛sfamilyandtheboyplayed violinist ofthattime–hisnamewasOleBull a musician.ButonedaythebestNorwegian ever, hewantedtobecomeapriestandnot especially talentedandlearnedfast.How- play thepianobytheirmother.Edvardwas Clearly, thechildrenweretaughthowto train toLeipzig fromthere. he travelledbyseatoHamburg andtooka Music began.Asitwas common inhistime, so theyoungboy‛sjourney totheCityof the timeEdvardwasjust 15yearsold!And → conservatory .” At his parents except forwritingletters. It language and noopportunitytospeak to Just imagine,aloneina newcity,a D C B A Grieg wanttobecome? QUESTION: Asachild,whodidEdward Violin maker Baker Priest Musician Gynt, was writteninthishouse atTalstraße-Peer among otherhismostfamouswork,which his childhood,influenced hiscompositions, about mountaintrolls,whichheheardin composer. Norwegianfairytalesandlegends hard andbecameabrilliant,world-famous name –foundfriendsheresoon,workedvery But EdvardHagerupGrieg–that‛shisfull that onegotaresponsemanydayslater. took themsolongtoreachthedestination 6th letterofthekeyword. The 3rdletterofGrieg‘sfi rstnameisthe BONUS QUESTION: Edvard Grieglived from1843to1907. Good toknow: ____ → Suite No.1. Station 05 call it“thegold pineapple”.) construction ontheroof?InLeipzig they decorations onthebuilding! (Doyouseethe Take yourtimeandlook atallthebeautiful In frontofyouisthe→ Film, soundandpiano Grassi Museum . sounds. The organcanreproducealmost order tosupport thestorywithmusic and were usedintheyears of silentfi lm,in a veryrarecinemaorgan. Suchinstruments TheMuseumalsohas acinemahallwith Bartolomeo Cristoforiin 1726. preserved pianoforteintheworld,builtby there lietreasures!Forexample,theoldest of string,woodwindandbrassmusic.And that, anexhibitiontakesyoutotheworld ber ofsecretsaroundthesound.Apartfrom instruments. Theyfathomoutagreatnum- fi eldofhistory,conditionandusemusical Leipzig. Theemployeesdoresearchinthe ruments –collectionoftheUniversity of themistheMuseumMusicalInst- The buildingishometothreemuseums.One musical instrumentsinGermany hibits -thebiggestcollectionof The Museumcontains5000ex- Good toknow: ____ D C B A of itscreator? pianoforte intheworld.Whatisname instrument, theoldestpreservedoriginal Instruments containsanespeciallyrare The c QUESTION: ollection oftheMuseumMusical Franz Dominic Grassi Bartolomeo Christofori Gottfried Silbermann Thomas Edlinger see! instruments andhavealookinside.Come labor”) youcanexplorevariousmusical In the→ action. are fi lmsshownandyoucanseetheorganin no sound!Acoupleoftimesayearthere been strangetoseeapileofplatesfallwith train orastorm,bellrain.Itwouldhave every soundneededinafi lm–whethera name) isthe 5thletterofthekeyword. try theinstrumentsyourself (theenglish The BONUS QUESTION: 2nd letteroftheroom whereyoucan sound laboftheMuseum(“ Klang- Station 07 ty. Forthis reason hefounded“The New critical thinking whenanalyzingits quali- important towriteabout musicandtoapply According toRobertSchumann, itwasvery great numberofsongs. → that broughthimfame, includingtheSpring yet. Attheircommonhomehewrotemusic band Robertwasnotknownasacomposer at theGewandhaus.Atthattimeherhus- years old,shegaveherfi rstperformance was borninLeipzig.WhenClaraonly9 had alreadybeenawell-knownpianist.She 1840, Clara,whosemaidennamewasWieck, at Inselstraßeonthe13thofSeptember Robert Schumannmovedintothehouse By thetimemarriedcoupleClaraand Symphony (theFrühlingssinfonie) anda the SchumannHouse A musicalhome– ter HansChristian Andersen. delssohn Bartholdy, butalsofairy tale wri- Noted musiciansvisited them,FelixMen- les forit,e.g.composer RichardWagner. Some guestsoftheSchumanns wroteartic- editor for10years.The Journalstillexists. Journal ofMusic“in1834. Schumannwasits lived from1810to1856. from 1819to1896,herhusbandRobert Clara Schumann,formerlyWieck,lived Good toknow: ____ D C B A What QUESTION: profession didClaraSchumannhave? Painter Doctor Pianist Kindergarten teacher youngest child ofClaraandRobert. His fi rstnamewasgiven totheeighthand delssohn Bartholdywas Marie‛sgodfather. Schumanns hadeightchildren. FelixMen- were borninthishouse atInselstraße.The Both theirfi rstdaughters,MarieandElise, Schumanns lived. the house.Thisishowweknowway at ittheexhibitiononfi rst oor of fl has beenpreservedandyoucanhavealook what happenedduringtheweek.Thisdiary family diary.Everyonecouldwriteinitabout Robert andClarahadaveryspecialone- Backthen,itwascommontokeepadiary. ned toit. They sattogetherinthe Schumann setAndersen‛spoemstomusic. word. the sametime11thletterofkey- fairy talewritermentionedearlierisat The 1stletterofthefamilyname BONUS QUESTION: → salon andliste- Station 08 to playaninstrument playedtheir fi rstpie- known tothe world.Manypeoplewho learn & Härtel,PetersandHofmeister arestill ly operatingfactories. Names likeBreitkopf experience ofagreatnumber ofsuccessful- appeared musicpublishers couldusethe Germany inthe19thcentury.Thenewly Leipzig wasthecentreofbookprintingin the GraphicQuarter From soundtoscript– Leipzig asthe cityoffairsfullymet the ces fromthe notebooksofthesepublishers. D C B A plates fornoteprinting? craftsmen whoproducedprinting QUESTION: Whatdidtheycall Note engraver Note writer Note painter Note carver Before theinventionof ments inmusic. profi t.Theyalsosupportednewdevelop- of whatkindmusicliteraturewouldbring held inLeipzigthe → requirements forthesellingofbooksand ted printing musicalcompositionslike books. room. What areliefitwaswhenthey star- to writeeverythingwith inkinacandle-lit rehearsal. Youcanimagine howharditwas, Sunday, everythinghad tobereadyforthe the performanceofanew compositionevery ped copythenotes–sinceBachconducted Sebastian Bach,hiswifeandchildren,hel- often asnecessary.ThefamilyofJohann → puzzle. tioned isalsothelastletterinourword The lastletteroftheencyclopediamen- BONUS QUESTION: music supplies copyists hadtocopyallthenotes–as . Duetonumerousconcerts publishers wereaware → note printing , the „GraphicQuarter“. fi eldsattheoutskirtsofcitybecame re wasnoroomfortheminthecity.So for newpublishingandprintinghouses.The- end ofthe19thcentury,therewasaneed machines takingoverthemanualworkat centre. Withtheexpansionoffactoriesand fi rstthepublishersweresettledincity haus Encyclopediawaspublishedhere.At haus MusicPublishers).ThefamousBrock- was oncetheBrockhaus-Verlag(theBrock- Thespotyouarestandingatrightnow progress backthen. time-consuming process,butitmeantgreat to nowadays,itwasstillanintricateand be printedfromtheseplates.Compared engravers a leadplatewithspecialtoolby Original copieswerenowengravedonto . Agreatnumberofcopiescould ____ leave Leipzig. War IIandmost publishershadto pletely destroyedbybombs inWorld The GraphicQuarterwasalmost com- Good toknow: → note Station 10 popular the public.Even today,itisoneof themost this iswhatmakes worksopopularwith results innumerousfunny confusions,and a craftsmanandworks at adockyard.It story ofatsar,whodisguises himselfas → und Zimmermann“(„TsarandCarpenter“) worked inLeipzigforawhile.Hisopera„Zar Composer AlbertLortzingalsolivedand (1681 -1767). Leipzig OperawasGeorgPhilippTelemann of thefi rstcomposerswhowrotemusicfor It isverylongforacitizenoperahouse.One existed inLeipzigformorethan300years. → premiered Opera –atheatre,wheretheysinghas → comic inLeipzig1837.Ittells a the Opera help ofmusic– are toldwiththe Where stories inexistence. opening in1960. it looksjust thesameasattime ofits renovation, underwent it though Even old. years 50 than more is building today‛s The reconstructed. be to had and II War World in destroyed was house ra other buildings in the city, the former ope- many old.Like years 300 be can‛t it think, might You building. the at look a Have from 1801to1851. Albert Lortzinglived Good toknow: ____ D C B A performed inLeipzig? Which ofthefollowingoperaswerefi rst QUESTION: Beethoven‛s „Fidelio“ („Freeshooter“) Weber‛s „Freischütz“ („Valkyrie“) Wagner‛s „Walküre“ mann“ („TsarandCarpenter“) Lortzing‛s „ZarundZimmer- of theLeipzig Opera. homepage the visit please hours, tour the For foyer. the in or staircases the along lamps fancy fl the at ground and the oor on walls the on tiles decorative the at look a have can you tour guided a During Wagner. Richard of that including composers, mous In the→ 1. Station to been already have you since you, to ret the performances.Itslocationisnosec- during plays Orchestra Gewandhaus the so orchestra, own its have doesn‛t opera The the 8thletterofkeyword. composer ofthecomicoperamentionedis The 3rdletterofthefamilyname BONUS QUESTION: foyer you willsee→ busts offa- Station 11 School. Thomas St. to also later and School las now. 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(you know him him know (you Schumann Robert opera. , and music.All music.All and mythology, born in? was RichardWagner QUESTION: Whatcity D C B A Wien Leipzig Bayreuth Dresden when Richard wasaschoolboy there. torium looks justlikeitlookedin 1828/29, chard WagnerAuditorium inside.Theaudi- guesthouse, acafé,museum andtheRi- a with building, decorative a now is school former Wagner‛s that see You yourself. for decide and operas his of one from cially impressive.Youcanlisten toapiece a lotofpeoplethoughthismusicwasespe- However, ideas. his appreciate didn‘t Many the 2ndletterofkeyword. The 2ndletterofWagner‘sfi rstnameis BONUS QUESTION: Station 13 Pfeiferstuhl, or the pipers‘ seat. It is an an is It seat. pipers‘ the or Pfeiferstuhl, fi the on the see hall rst ny can you oor fl one oftheirworkplaces. Intheceremo- was Hall City The musicians. Gewandhaus present-day the of forefathers the were The townpipers,orthe → Gewandhaus. 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The 2ndletterofthesculptor‛sfamily BONUS QUESTION: Station 21 partly in front of the orchestra – for for – orchestra the of front in partly sat latter The audience. the for space hall withvery good→ concert own fi their had musicians nally the Now Brühl. the at Swans”) (“Three Schwanen” “Drey guesthouse the in and affl of citizens houses uent the in played Orchestra the that Before hall. concert a into turned was It kept. were fabrics and cloth which in upstairs, room big a is There merchants. cloth of house fair former a at - stood Gewandhaus) (Erstes Gewandhaus First the where place, the at now are We formation? its and Orchestra Gewandhaus the Gewandhaus, Leipzig the about told was what remember you Do First Gewandhaus) Gewandhaus (the music –Erstes Fabric, cloth& and enough enough and acoustics ed in 1743 by 16 merchants from Leipzig. Leipzig. from merchants 16 by 1743 in ed The Gewandhaus Orcherstrawas found- composers. these of music the heard surely have You Brahms. Johannes and Wagner Richard Schumann, Robert Bartholdy, Mendelssohn Felix Schubert, Franz Beethoven, van wig Among them- world-famous piecesby Lud- Gewandhaus. First the at fi performed rst were works famous of lot A prosperity. only one‛sinterestinmusic,but alsoone‛s not show to order in clothes, fancy wore one which for event, social a was concert big a such days those In view. better a the Gewandhaus Orchestrafrom1781. The FirstGewandhaus wasaplaceofperformance of Good toknow: Director. Along with Felix Mendelssohn Mendelssohn Felix with Along Director. Music Gewandhaus the called is Orchestra Gewandhaus the of conductor The tours. on often is orchestra world-famous The 1981. since Gewandhaus New the at performed has orchestra The today? 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To conserve means to Foyer dy know some mythological figures, e.g.: Zeus. keep. The Leipziger Hochschule für Musik und F In a theatre, opera or concert hall, It is the A Acoustics Theater is the successor of the conservatory, first room a visitor usually enters before the Note printing Acoustics is a study about sound and its diffu- founded by Mendelssohn in 1843. performance. N Notes are printed almost like books (since the sion. Good acoustics means that a room meets 15th century). At first, a scored plate was all requirements, in order to hear tones/music Copyist Grassi Museum covered with printing ink and then printed well in it. Compare how it sounds, if you whist- Nowadays, if you need something to be copi- G Franz Dominic Grassi lived from 1801 to 1880 on paper. Some time later, Johannes Guten- le in a big hall or under your blanket! ed, you go to a copy shop. In times of Bach, and was a successful Leipzig merchant and art berg invented movable type printing. It you Mendelssohn and Schumann people went to a lover. After his death, he left big fortune to ever used a seal, then you know how it works. Bust copyist - a person who copies something by the City of Leipzig. Some museums and monu- Movable type printing for notes was invented B The word „breast“ originated from the Italian hand. Back then, it was even a profession. ments were built with this money. The Grassi at the Leipzig music publisher Breitkopf. You „busta“. You have surely seen a statue that Museum was named in his honour. can find out more at Leipzig‘s Druckkunstmu- shows a person‘s head, neck and body till the Director musices seum (Museum of the Printing Arts Leipzig) at breast part. This work of art is called a bust. D Music Director is a person in charge of a city‘s Klanglabor/Sound lab Nonnenstraße. musical life. Bach was hired by the Council of K A room at the Museum for Musical Instru- C Coffe the City of Leipzig as a Thomaskantor and a ments, in which you can try out instruments and Note engraver Coffe is an old version of the word „coffee“. Music Director. produce different tones yourself. Before they started printing notes by movab- The restaurant you are standing in front of le type printing, a note engraver scored and is called „Zum Arabischen Coffe Baum“ („The Dramatist, or a playwright. MDR engraved notes on metal plates made mostly Arabian Coffee Tree“). Have a look at it! A writer of dramas, or theatre plays. A drama M Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk is a broadcasting of lead. It was quite stressful. He had to work Over the entrance you see a tree with coffee is not always something frightening, but a work organisation in Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and very carefully, because mistakes could not be beans. Coffee grows like cherry on a coffee that is written according to special rules and Thüringia. erased. bush. Coffee beans come later, dried and Radio and TV programmes are produced and roasted. ____ broadcasted here. O Opera * Glossary The word is of latin origin and means „work“. Comic opera from Greek „glossa“, which means „language“. If you Music supplies (That‘s why there is an „Opus Nr. …“ after An opera, in which a humorous story is told. want to know more, you can check dictionaries or the Printed musical works, also known as notes. some compositions) On the one hand, this word Italians call it the „opera buffa“. Internet. Have fun! stays for a building – the opera house, on the other hand it is a musical genre. For the most sers wrote music for it. The most known musi- Neues Gewandhaus/New Gewandhaus Extracts from the works by Beethoven and Schleiermacher, both fi rst performed by the Gewandhaus Orchestra. part texts are sung in operas, while an orches- cal version was composed by Johann Sebastian In this audio sample you will fi nd out, which musicians and instruments belong in an orchestra and who their „chef“ is. tra accompanies the performance. Bach. Mendelssohn-Haus/ Mendels- sohn House Listen to the music from the oratorio “Elijah” („Elias“), composed by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy in this house. Premiere Stadtpfeiffer (Town piper) Eavesdrop on Marie and Carl Mendelssohn playing, while their father Felix is at the piano composing! P Grieg-Begegnungsstätte/Grieg The fi rst performance of a composition or a The word „Pfeifer“ derives from latin „piffan“. Memorial Centre You will hear extracts from the piano concerto in A minor by Edward Grieg. theatre play in front of audience is called a That‘s why it is written with a double f in old E. Grieg‛s friends and hosts M. Abraham and H. Hinrichsen, talk to each other.

premiere. scripts. Museum of Musical Instruments The piece „Ach mein herzliebes Jesulein“ by Johann Schelle (1648–1701), played on the pianoforte.

Spooky! One night two ghosts from the nearby Old St. John Cemetery meet at the Museum…

Publisher Suite Audio Samples + Phone Numbers Schumann-Haus/Schumann The Song „Widmung“ („Dedication“) written by Robert Schumann as a wedding gift for his wife Clara. You already know what the word „publisher“ A sequence of smaller musical pieces or dan- House means – it is on every book you read. A pub- ces, which are performed in a specifi c order The married couple Robert and Clara Schumann plan a concert evening in their house over a cup of tea. Graphisches Viertel/Graphic A scene from the piano concerto # 1 by Johannes Brahms (1833-1897). Many of his works were published in Leipzig. lisher is also a person who controls that books and without longer pauses in-between. Quarter or notes are printed and ready for sale. Oper Leipzig/Leipzig Opera Extract from the 1st Symphony by Gustav Mahler (1860–1911), who was the 2nd Music Director at Leipzig Opera. Symphony You will fi nd out, what is to be done before an opera can be performed in front of the public. Salon Symphony is a large musical piece for orches- Alte Nikoilaischule/Old St. Listen to the extract from the piano sonata in B fl at major, composed by Richard Wagner at the age of 18. S It is a room where receptions take place. Ea- tra. It mostly consists of four parts called Nicholas School rlier, affl uent citizens had a small hall in their „movements“. The 15-year-old Richard Wagner talks to his schoolmate who makes fun of him. houses, where they could meet with their Altes Rathaus/Old City Hall From the work by Johann Christoph Pezel (1639-1694), a town piper and the Director of the Collegium Musicum. friends and acquaintances and listen to music, You will get to know a Thomaskantor, who is extremely, extremely angry with the City Council.

read out excerpts from books and talk. Thomaskantor Zum Arabischen Coffe Baum/ Extract from the fl ute concerto by Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767). T In Bach‘s time „Thomaskantor“ (cantor of St. The Arabian Coffee Tree Two students talk about the “swarming of lines and dots”. Singakademie (Song academy) Thomas Church ) was the director of church In the 18th and 19th centuries people met music in the four main churches in Leipzig, as Bach-Museum/Bach Museum From the “Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach”, written by Johann Sebastian Bach for his second wife. there to sing together. Today it is not called a well as of the „Thomanerchor“ (St. Thomas The Bachs visit their neighbours, the Bose Family, on the occasion of a birthday – they surely have fun! Erstes Gewandhaus/The First And now you will hear the beginning of Robert Schumann‛s Frühlingssinfonie, premiered at the First Gewandhaus. song academy, but a choir. Choir). The word „Kantor“ (cantor) derives Gewandhaus from latin canere, cantare - „to sing“. Robert Schumann‛s monologue. He sounds strange at times, but back then everyone talked like that. St. Matthew‘s Passion 23 MDR-Studio/MDR Studio From the String Quartet # 1 by Erwin Schulhoff, whose works were among the fi rst broadcasted on the radio. It is a story about Jesus Christ‘s suffering In this scene a sound engineer tells you about the interesting history of the radio broadcasting. and death, as it is told in the bible (in the Gospel according to Matthew). Many compo-

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1 Neues Gewandhaus / New Gewandhaus 2 Mendelssohn-Haus / Mendelssohn House 3 Grieg-Begegnungsstätte / Grieg Memorial Centre 4 Ehemalige Musikbibliothek Peters / Former Peters Music Library 5 Museum für Musikinstrumente / Museum of Musical Instruments 6 Alter Johannisfriedhof / Old St. John Cemetery 7 Schumann-Haus / Schumann House 8 Gra sches Viertel – Musikverlage / Graphic Quarter – Music Publishers 9 Wagner-Denkmal / Wagner Memorial 10 Oper Leipzig / Leipzig Opera 11 Alte Nikolaischule / Old St. Nicholas School 12 Nikolaikirche / St. Nicholas Church 13 Altes Rathaus / Old City Hall 14 Museum der bildenden Künste – Beethoven / Museum of Fine Arts – Beethoven 15 Zum Arabischen Co e Baum / The Arabian Co ee Tree 16 Hôtel de Saxe 17 Thomaskirche / St. Thomas Church 18 Bach-Museum / Bach Museum 19 Standort Geburtshaus Clara Wieck / Site of Clara Wieck‘s Birth Place * 20 Standort Altes Konservatorium / Site of the Old Conservatoire * 21 Standort Erstes Gewandhaus / Site of the First Gewandhaus * 22 Paulinum – Aula und Universitätskirche St. Pauli / Paulinum – Auditorium and University Church St. Pauli 23 MDR-Kubus - Rundfunkklangkörper / MDR-Cube – Broadcasting Ensembles

Sound Installation – City Sounds from three centuries Leipzig Tourist Information O ce Leipzig Music Trail and Little Leipzig Music Trail Stations of the Little Leipzig Music Trail (Kleine Leipziger Notenspur) * The historic building has not been preserved