Just south of Vienna’s city limits is Mödling which is easy to reach with S-Bahn or regional trains. Ludwig van Beethoven spent parts of 3 summers here in town. In the early 20th-century, Arnold Schönberg and his family lived in a house for a number of years, before moving to California.
Beethoven lived here
Hauptstrasse 79 / Badstrasse 2-4.
This modest memorial to Beethoven is next to the building’s east wall.
On the building’s north side is a plaque: Beethoven spent 3 summers from 1818 to 1820.
Schönberg was here
Arnold Schönberg and his family lived here at Bernhardgasse 6 between 1918 and 1925.
Small exhibition- or performance space. His former study.
String-instruments.
His typewriter, with a modern 1-Euro coin for size comparison.
“Peace on Earth”, op. 13; “Six Little Piano Pieces”, op. 19.
The eyes were always prominent in portrayals of Schönberg.
Death mask, made by Anna Mahler, after his passing in Los Angeles on 14 July 1951.
“Quality city; all me.”
I made the photos above with an iPhone15 on 27 Jun 2024. This post composed with Jetpack for iOS appears on Fotoeins Fotografie at fotoeins DOT com.
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