Jahn's Hall
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Jahn's Hall was a concert hall in late 18th century Vienna. It was the property of a restaurateur/caterer named Ignaz Jahn, and seated (according to Otto Erich Deutsch) "400 at the most".[1] It is remembered as a performance venue for works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Ludwig van Beethoven.
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[edit] Ignaz Jahn
Jahn was born in Hungary in 1744 and died in Vienna, 26 February 1810.[2] He was appointed Imperial caterer for Schönbrunn Palace in 1772[3]. In 1775 he began running a restaurant in the Augarten, and in 1782 opened an adjacent concert hall, at which many famous musicians played over the years.[4]
Jahn's Hall was an adjunct to Jahn's other restaurant, in the main part of the city, which as of 1788 was at 6 Himmelpfortgasse.[5] Concerts began there after the restaurant opened, and were given on a regular basis starting in 1790.[6]
[edit] Works by Mozart
- His transcription of Georg Frideric Handel's masque Acis and Galatea was premiered there roughly November 1788.[7]
- His last piano concerto, No. 27 in B flat, K. 595 was premiered in the hall 4 March, 1791.[8]
- The blind glass harmonica performer Marianne Kirchgessner performed in the hall 8 September 1791; she may have included the Adagio and Rondo K. 617 that Mozart wrote for her.[9]
- The first public performance of Mozart's Requiem took place in the hall on 2 January 1793. This was a benefit concert on behalf of Mozart's widow Constanze, organized by Mozart's patron Gottfried van Swieten; it raised "more than 300 golden ducats" (about 1350 florins, a substantial sum[10]) to support Constanze and her two sons.[11]
[edit] Works by Beethoven
- On 6 April, 1797, Beethoven performed in the hall, as the pianist in his Quintet for Piano and Winds, Opus 16.
- On 29 March 1798 Mozart's old friend the soprano Josepha Duschek gave a concert in the hall, performing an unidentified "rondo with obbligato basset horn". On the same program, Ludwig van Beethoven performed one of his violin sonatas ( with the violinist Ignaz Schuppanzigh.[12]
- On 20 December 1799, Beethoven's Septet, Opus 20, was premiered in the hall.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Deutsch 1965, 330
- ^ Clive, 2001, 176
- ^ Clive, 2001, 176
- ^ Clive, 2001, 176
- ^ Clive, 2001, 176
- ^ Clive, 2001, 176
- ^ Deutsch 1965, 330
- ^ Deutsch 1965, 386
- ^ Deutsch 1965, 400
- ^ Solomon 1995, xi
- ^ Deutsch 1965, 467
- ^ Deutsch 1965, 486
[edit] References
- Clive, Peter (2001) Beethoven and His World: A Biographical Dictionary. Oxford University Press.
- Deutsch, Otto Erich (1965) Mozart: A Documentary Biography. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press.
- Solomon, Maynard (1995) Mozart: A Life. New York: Harper Collins.
