Composer Gravesites in Vienna

[@danielgloverpiano7693]

Thank you, Daniel. Just what I was looking for. I have been to Zentralfriedhof before but didn’t realize how many composers I had actually missed seeing. I just found out that Sergei Bortkiewicz is buried there. And you mentioned Ligeti. That was news to me. I did see Schoenberg’s grave, which I think many musicians miss, due to its odd location. Vielen Dank! Gut gemacht. There is a cemetery in St. Petersburg which is almost as impressive due to having so many composers buried side by side. Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Arensky, Anton Rubinstein, Balakirev, Borodin, Ciu, etc. The composers buried in Moscow weren’t organized so well. It takes study and patience to find Prokofiev, Scriabin, and more recent musicians, such as Emil Gilels.

[@jeffsmith1798]

Hopefully, the memorials to Hugo Wolf and Johannes Brahms are not too close to each other. On a serious note though, I’m reading a biography of Schubert which states that the actual remains of both Beethoven and Schubert are as of 1888 in the Musicians Grove of Honor in Vienna. Is this accurate?

[@DanielAdamMaltz]

That is correct - Beethoven and Schubert’s remains were moved to the Musicians Grove of Honor in Vienna’s Central Cemetery (shown in the video) from their original resting places in a different cemetery. It is still possible to see their previous gravesites/stones in Vienna.

[@petergant1379]

These are things I'd never thought of, where IS Mozart buried, or, don't they know!? AND, if they don't know, exactly, how can they say he WASN'T buried on a pauper's grave!?

[@DanielAdamMaltz]

Musicologist Michael Lorenz addresses many of your questions in his detailed paper on the subject: michaelorenz.blogspot.com/2013/07/mozart-and-myth-of-reusable-coffins.html

[@Michael-fx7xk]

We saw you this weekend in Montana. Wonderful evening! Very treasured memories of touring this cemetery on a rainy foggy night, and in addition to the graves you mentioned, we visited Falco’s. Vienna is fantastic!

[@craiglewis8004]

I heard you play tonight 6/16/22 in Elizabeth City NC. It was so special! Thank you

[@DanielAdamMaltz]

Thanks; I deeply appreciate your kind words.