Vienna: Music, Culture and Politics

This seminar will offer an introduction to Viennese music, culture and history in the period 1900-1918, the celebrated Fin-de-siécle in which arts and culture blossomed in the city. Students will study music, literature, art and ideas generated in Vienna during this period. Classes will be held in Berggasse 19, the address where Freud lived and worked for over thirty years. Students will attend performances at the Vienna State Opera and Vienna Philharmonic, and young musicians from the Philharmonic Academy will participate in some meetings. An important component of the course will be the study of and engagement with, the city of Vienna.