Music about Vienna and the Viennese in Classical, Folk and Popular Traditions
Abstract
Since the eighteenth century, Vienna has been primarily thematized in music as the Habsburg capital, as a city of pleasure and as a utopian ideal. Moving beyond this idealization, this chapter looks at music that takes Vienna and its residents as its subject matter, including by Mozart, Haydn, Johann Strauss Jr, Franz Lehár and Falco.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Musicology and Musical Analysis
Music History and Culture
Literature
Musicology
and Cultural Analysis
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Cambridge University Press eBooks
- Pages
- 7–25
- Publication date
- 12 February 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Book chapter