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The Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien was founded in 1812 by Joseph von Sonnleithner, general secretary of the Court Theatre, Vienna
Vienna

Vienna is the Capital of Republic of Austria and also one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.7 million...
. Its official charter, drafted in 1814, states that the purpose of the Society was to promote music in all its facets. They Society accomplished its goals by sponsoring concerts, founding the Vienna Conservatory in 1819, founding the Wiener Singverein
Wiener Singverein

The Wiener Singverein is a choir founded in 1858 in Vienna by the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde.The choir has 180 members, which makes it the largest in Vienna....
 in 1858, construction of the Musikverein, Vienna
Musikverein, Vienna

The Musikverein in Vienna, Austria was opened on January 6 1870, and is famous for its Architectural acoustics. It is considered to be one of the three finest concert halls in the world, along with Boston's Symphony Hall, Boston and Amsterdam's Concertgebouw ....
 in 1870, and by systematically collecting and archiving noteworthy music-history documents.






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The Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien was founded in 1812 by Joseph von Sonnleithner, general secretary of the Court Theatre, Vienna
Vienna

Vienna is the Capital of Republic of Austria and also one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.7 million...
. Its official charter, drafted in 1814, states that the purpose of the Society was to promote music in all its facets. They Society accomplished its goals by sponsoring concerts, founding the Vienna Conservatory in 1819, founding the Wiener Singverein
Wiener Singverein

The Wiener Singverein is a choir founded in 1858 in Vienna by the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde.The choir has 180 members, which makes it the largest in Vienna....
 in 1858, construction of the Musikverein, Vienna
Musikverein, Vienna

The Musikverein in Vienna, Austria was opened on January 6 1870, and is famous for its Architectural acoustics. It is considered to be one of the three finest concert halls in the world, along with Boston's Symphony Hall, Boston and Amsterdam's Concertgebouw ....
 in 1870, and by systematically collecting and archiving noteworthy music-history documents. It is now one of the world's leading music archives.

The first music director was Anton Rubinstein
Anton Rubinstein

Anton Grigorevich Rubinstein was a Russian pianist, composer and Conducting. As a pianist he was regarded as a rival of Franz Liszt, and he ranks amongst the great keyboard virtuosos....
 (appointed in 1871), who was followed in 1872 by Johannes Brahms
Johannes Brahms

Johannes Brahms , composer and pianist, was one of the leading musicians of the Romantic music. Born in Hamburg, Brahms spent much of his professional life in Vienna, Austria, where he was a leader of the musical scene....
. Other notable music directors include Wilhelm Furtwängler
Wilhelm Furtwängler

Wilhelm Furtw?ngler was a German Conducting and composer....
 and Herbert von Karajan
Herbert von Karajan

Herbert von Karajan was an Austrian orchestra and opera conducting, one of the most renowned 20th-century conductors. His obituary in The New York Times described him as "probably the world's best-known conductor and one of the most powerful figures in classical music." Karajan conducted the Berlin Philharmonic for thirty-five years....
. Membership in the Gesellschaft has included a who's who
Who's Who

Who's Who or Who is Who is the name of a number of reference publications, generally containing concise biography information on a particular group of people....
 of notable 19th- and 20th-century musical figures, including composers, conductors, and instrumentalists.

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