Famous inhabitants

Vienna, as we all know, is the City of Music since we remember, so we must highlight the most celebrated musicians who were born there.

Franz Schubert: (1797-1828). Austrian composer, considered introducer of musical Romanticism. It was a great composer of lieder (short compositions for voice and piano, predecessor of the modern song), as well as music for piano, chamber music and orchestral.

Johann Strauss (father): (1804-1849). Austrian composer known particularly for his waltzes. He was the founder of a musical dynasty with his children Johann Strauss (son), Josef Strauss and Eduard Strauss.

Johann Strauss (son): (1825-1899). Austrian composer known particularly also for his waltzes. He was the most famous composer of family Strauss, known in his lifetime as "the waltz king". To him is largely due the popularity of the waltz in Vienna XIX century.

Arnold Schönberg: (1874-1951). Recognized as one of the first composers to delve into atonal composition, and especially by the creation of the twelve-tone technique. He was also the founder of the Second Viennese School.

Anton Webern: (1883-1945). Follower of Arnold Schoenberg, is one of the best known exponents of the twelve-tone, in addition, his innovations regarding the systematic organization of pitch, rhythm and dynamics were crucial to the musical style later known as serialism.

Alban Berg: (1885-1935). He ventured into atonality and twelve-tone then typing works related to the expressionist aesthetic, but his music also has a sound that evokes the tonality, the romanticism, and an inclination markedly dramatic.