Every single station of the Leipzig Music Trail is provided with audio samples and excerpts of pieces of music. These can be listened to for free on this web page or downloaded for non-commercial use only (click on a title with the right mouse button - > select "store on destination") or per phone (local tariff, mobile costs may vary).
Each audio sample hides the official sound logo of the Music Trail, modified
according to the actual sound format, sung, played or whistled.
Listeners are free to search the music samples for hints of the Music Trail's sound logo, while wandering through the musical everyday life of the composers by listening to the audio samples.
The Trail's sound logo is the result of a competition, won by Johannes Raschpichler.
sound logo version for piano,
sound logo version for string quartet,
sound logo version for brass ensemble,
sound logo version for choir
example of the sound logo in the brass section for the Music Trail‘s opening ceremony,
composition by Stephan König, recording by the brass of the MDR
Symphony Orchestra
example of the sound logo for string quartet in the late-romantic style,
see audio sample station 8, composition by Rainer Lautenbach, recording by Reinhold-Quartett
example of the sound logo for orchestra in Tristan-harmony,
see audio sample station 9,
composition by Rainer Lautenbach, recording by Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig
example of the sound logo in a cappella in a Renaissance style,
see audio sample station 17, composition by Olav Kröger, recording by amarcord
Station 1, Neues Gewandhaus (New Gewandhaus)
audio sample / 0341.86099001
musical excerpt / 0341.86099003 (Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827): Tripelkonzert, Steffen Schleiermacher (geb. 1960): Bann. Bewegung - mit Beethovens Erster)
Station 2, Mendelssohn-Haus (Mendelssohn House)
audio sample / 0341.86099005
musical excerpt / 0341.86099007 (Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847): Elias)
Station 3, Grieg-Begegnungsstätte (Grieg Memorial Centre)
audio sample / 0341.86099009
musical excerpt / 0341.86099011 (Edvard Grieg (1843-1907): piano concert A minor)
Station 4, Ehemalige Musikbibliothek Peters (Former Peters Music Library)
audio sample / 0341.86099013
musical excerpt / 0341.86099015 (Max Reger (1873-1916): Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Mozart)
Station 5, Grassi-Museum für Musikinstrumente (Museum of Musical Instruments)
audio sample / 0341.86099017
musical excerpt / 0341.86099019 (Johann Schelle (1648-1701): Choral "Ach mein herzliebes Jesulein")
Station 6, Alter Johannisfriedhof (Old St. Johannis' Cemetery)
audio sample / 0341.86099021
musical excerpt / 0341.86099023 (Robert Schumann (1810-1856): Fugue No.3 from 6 Fugues on B A C H)
Station 7, Schumann-Haus (Schumann House)
audio sample / 0341.86099025
musical excerpt / 0341.86099027 (Robert Schumann (1810-1856): dedication from the "Liederkreis Myrthen")
Station 8, Grafisches Viertel – Musikverlage (Graphic Quarter - music publishers)
audio sample / 0341.86099029
musical excerpt / 0341.86099031 (Johannes Brahms (1833-1897): piano concert No.1)
Station 9, Wagner-Denkmal an der Oper (Wagner Memorial by the Opera)
audio sample / 0341.86099033
musical excerpt / 0341.86099035 (Richard Wagner (1813-1883): Tannhäuser-overture)
Station 10, Oper Leipzig (Leipzig Opera)
audio sample / 0341.86099037
musical excerpt / 0341.86099039 (Gustav Mahler (1860-1911): Sinfony No.1)
Station 11, Alte Nikolaischule (Old St. Nikolai's School)
audio sample / 0341.86099041
musical excerpt / 0341.86099043 (Richard Wagner (1813-1883): piano sonata B flat major)
Station 12, Nikolaikirche (St. Nikolai's Church)
audio sample / 0341.86099045
musical excerpt / 0341.86099047 (Franz Liszt (1811-1886): organ adaption "Pilgrims‘ Chorus" from Wagner‘s "Tannhäuser")
Station 13, Altes Rathaus (Old City Hall)
audio sample / 0341.86099049
musical excerpt / 0341.86099051 (Johann Christoph Pezel (1639-1694): Intrade for brass)
Station 14, Museum der bildenden Künste (Museum of Fine Arts) – Beethoven
audio sample / 0341.86099053
musical excerpt / 0341.86099055 (Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827): piano concert No.5)
Station 15, Zum Arabischen Coffe Baum (The Arabian Coffee Tree )
audio sample / 0341.86099057
musical excerpt / 0341.86099059 (Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767): methodical sonata for flute No. 7)
Station 16, Hôtel de Saxe
audio sample / 0341.86099061
musical excerpt / 0341.86099063 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791): Lacrimosa from Requiem)
Station 17, Thomaskirche (St. Thomas's Church)
audio sample / 0341.86099065
musical excerpt / 0341.86099067 (Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750): motet "Der Geist hilft unsrer Schwachheit auf")
Station 18, Bach-Museum (Bach Museum)
audio sample / 0341.86099069
musical excerpt / 0341.86099071 (Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750): Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach)
Station 19, Standort Geburtshaus von Clara Wieck (Site of Clara Wieck's birth house)
audio sample / 0341.86099073
musical excerpt / 0341.86099075 (Clara Wieck (1819-1896): "Mazurka" from "Soirees Musicales")
Station 20, Standort Altes Konservatorium (Site of Old Conservatoire)
audio sample / 0341.86099077
musical excerpt / 0341.86099079 (Leoš Janáček (1854-1928): Zdenka-Variationen)
Station 21, Standort Erstes Gewandhaus (Site of First Gewandhaus)
audio sample / 0341.86099081
musical excerpt / 0341.86099083 (Robert Schumann (1810-1856): Sinfony No.1 - "Spring Sinfony")
Station 22, Paulinum – Aula und Universitätskirche St.Pauli (Paulinum - Auditorium and University Church St. Pauli
audio sample / 0341.86099085
musical excerpt / 0341.86099087 (Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750): Trauerode)
Station 23, MDR-Studio – Orchester und Chöre des MDR ((MDR Studio - Orchestra and Choirs of the Middle German Broadcast)
audio sample / 0341.86099089
musical excerpt / 0341.86099091 (Erwin Schulhoff (1894-1942: string quartet No.1)
sound installation: city sounds
city sound first half of the 18th century
musical excerpt first half of the 18th century (Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750): sonata for violin and cembalo No. 4)
city sound second half of the 19th century
musical excerpt second half of the 19th century (Edvard Grieg (1843-1907): sonata for violin and piano No. 1)
city sound first half of the 21st century
musical excerpt first half of the 21st century (Bernd Franke (geb. 1959): Open Doors – for bandoneon and orchestra)
site notice:
concept and contentual responsibility: Notenspur-Förderverein e.V.
Acontracting entity: City of Leipzig
conception of the musical experience guidance system: studio klv Berlin
compilation of scripts and production of audio samples: Buchfunk Verlag Leipzig
Faciliated by funds of the Free State of Saxony.
Thanks for:
the provision of free recordings of the Gewandhaus Orchestra:
Association of members of the Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig GbR (musical excerpts at stations 1, 2, 4, 14, 21)
the provision of free recordings of the Thomanerchor (St Thomas Boys Choir):
Rondeau Production GmbH (musical excerpts at stations 16, 17, 22)
Fthe recording of the audio samples and musical excerpts:
musicians, speakers, authors, translators, arrangers, consultants and producers (in German)
