The Final Resting Places of Famous Composers
Longtime readers should know me well enough by now to know that I have an interest in the macabre. When I’m not practicing my clarinet, I enjoy reading Stephen King, listening to scary stories on YouTube, and exploring cemeteries.
Last year, I visited the graves of famous clarinetists around the world. In addition to clarinetists’ graves, I also had the opportunity to pay my respects to famous composers. Here are a few of the composers’ graves I have visited:
- Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827). Wiener Zentralfriedhof – Vienna, Austria.
- Franz Schubert (1797-1828). Wiener Zentralfriedhof – Vienna, Austria.
- Richard Wagner (1813-1883). Wahnfried – Bayreuth, Germany.
- Bedřich Smetana (1824-1884). Vyšehrad Cemetery – Prague, Czech Republic.
- Johann Strauss (1825-1899). Wiener Zentralfriedhof – Vienna, Austria.
- Johannes Brahms (1833-1897). Wiener Zentralfriedhof – Vienna, Austria.
- Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904). Vyšehrad Cemetery – Prague, Czech Republic.
- Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951). Wiener Zentralfriedhof – Vienna, Austria.
- Béla Bartók (1881-1945). Farkasréti Cemetery – Budapest, Hungary.
- Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971). Isola di San Michele. Venice, Italy.
- Zoltán Kodály (1882-1967). Farkasréti Cemetery – Budapest, Hungary.
- Leó Weiner (1885-1960). Kerepesi Cemetery – Budapest, Hungary.
- Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990). Green-Wood Cemetery – NYC, New York.
- György Ligeti (1923-2006). Wiener Zentralfriedhof – Vienna, Austria.
