The Good Musician

Leipzig, Germany–Notenspur music trail opening fall 2008

by csnowden on June 28th, 2008

Please bear with The Good Musician for jumping out of chronological order–came across this tidbit when organizing trip brochures (yes, I collect all that stuff–the arts administrator Web/print schizoid database mind).

Notenspur Music Trail opens fall 2008. It’s a 4.7 km signposted walking trail through musical wonderland. Sort of a pilgrimage to experience the homes and churches of an exceptional musical city. Leipzig was home to so many greats, poets as well as musicians and artists. But the city excels in nurturing music.

This relatively small area–the centrum being only a few dozen blocks or so, is lush with memories and memorabilia of J.S. Bach, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartoldy, Clara Schumann, Richard Wagner, Edvard Grieg, Gustav Mahler, et al. In amongst the plazas are the Leipzig Opera House, the ultra-modern Gewandhaus, and other cultural buildings.

Here are some photographs from Leipzig for your visual pleasure. Sample the music of the composers, educators, and performers who bloomed in Leipzig. All photos by The Good Musician.

Thomaskirche–Bach’s final posting. He is buried in the kirche.

A statue of the man himself, courtyard at thomaskirche.

One of these days I’ll learn how to mess with sizing images…

POSTED IN: Baroque, Choral, Classical, Instrumental, Music education, Performance practices, Romantic, Symphonic, Vocal, musicology, opera