Musikverein
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:More citations needed Template:Infobox building The Template:Lang (Template:IPA or Template:IPA; Template:Langnf), commonly shortened to Template:Lang, 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' (Template:Lang) have earned it recognition alongside other prominent concert halls, such as the Konzerthaus in Berlin, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam and Symphony Hall in Boston.<ref>Long, Marshall, "What is So Special About Shoebox Halls? Envelopment, Envelopment, Envelopment", Acoustics Today, April 2009, pp. 21–25.</ref> With the exception of Boston's Symphony Hall,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="nrhpinv2">Template:Cite webTemplate:Page needed</ref> 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.
Building
The Template:Lang's main entrance is situated on Musikvereinsplatz, between Karlsplatz and Template:Ill. The building is located behind the Hotel Imperial that fronts on Kärntner Ring, which is part of the Vienna Ring Road (Ringstraße). It was erected as the new concert hall run by the Society of Friends of Music in Vienna, on a piece of land provided by Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria in 1863.
The plans were designed by Danish architect Theophil Hansen in the Neoclassical style of an ancient Greek temple, including a concert hall and a smaller chamber music hall. The building was inaugurated on 6 January 1870.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> A major donor was Nikolaus Dumba, an industrialist and liberal politician of Aromanian Greek - Albanian (Voskopoja) descent, whose name was given by the Austrian government to a small street (Template:Ill) near the Template:Lang. Another important donor, also of Aromanian descent, was Simon Sinas.<ref name=".ascsa.edu.gr/gennadius/detail2.php?id=3766_2025-11-19">Template:Citation</ref>
The Golden Hall
The Great Hall (Großer Musikvereinssaal), also called the Golden Hall (Goldener Saal), is about Template:Convert long, Template:Convert wide, and Template:Convert high. It has 1,744 seats and standing room for 300. The Scandal Concert of 1913 was given there, and it is the venue for the annual Vienna New Year's Concert.
The Great Hall's lively acoustics are primarily based on Hansen's intuition, as he could not rely on any studies on architectural acoustics. The room's rectangular shape and proportions, its boxes and sculptures allow early and numerous sound reflections.
The Great Hall originally included a historic pipe organ built by Friedrich Ladegast. Its first organ recital was held by Anton Bruckner in 1872. The present-day instrument was originally installed in 1907 by the Austrian firm of Rieger Orgelbau, highly esteemed by musicians such as Franz Schmidt or Marcel Dupré, and rebuilt in 2011.
In 2001, a renovation program began. Several new rehearsal halls were installed in the basement.
Gallery
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Halls
| Venue | Size | Height | Seats |
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| Template:Lang (Goldener Saal) | 48.8 × 19.1 m | 17.75 m | 1744 seats and c. 300 standing |
| Template:Lang | 32.5 × 10.3 m | 11 m | 600 seats |
| Template:Lang/Magna Auditorium | 22 × 12.5 m | 8 m | 380 seats |
| Template:Lang | 10.5 × 10.8 m | 3.2 m | 70 seats |
| Template:Lang/Horst Haschek Auditorium | 13 × ~8.6 m | ~3.3m | 60 seats |
| Template:Lang (not used for concerts) | 11.5 × 7.5 m | 3.4m | 60 seats |
The names of the six halls refer to gold, Johannes Brahms, glass, metal, stone and wood respectively.
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